How do you remove the extensions?

vanp1992 · 05-07-2005, 07:33 PM

The extensions are not very helpful to me and the name of every file on my computer always has the extension at its end *.exe, .zip, .rar, etc* how do u hide these extensions?

elmarcorulz · 05-07-2005, 07:35 PM

open up my documents. click tools > folder options > view > hide extensions for known file types

flame1117 · 05-07-2005, 09:17 PM

Thank god! I thought it was just windows XP,I WANTED those file extentions, XP automaticly dosn't show them. It makes it eair to change some file types, rename the extention. it works with alot of pictures.

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vanp1992 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 134	How do you remove the extensions? The extensions are not very helpful to me and the name of every file on my computer always has the extension at its end .exe, .zip, .rar, etc how do u hide these extensions? __________________ PCI-E SYstem (Incomplete) Abit A8N-SLI FATALITY AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ OCZ PC3200 2GB of Ram XFX 8800 GTS XXX Western Digital 160 GB X2 @ RAID Western Digital 320 GB

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05-07-2005, 09:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
flame1117 banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,770	Thank god! I thought it was just windows XP,I WANTED those file extentions, XP automaticly dosn't show them. It makes it eair to change some file types, rename the extention. it works with alot of pictures.