Notepad file extensions - how to stop .txt

M

mairhtin o'feannag

Hello,

I tried posting yesterday, but it seems not to have
taken. I would like to make notepad STOP adding a .txt
extension when it saves a new file. No matter WHAT I do,
it adds a .txt to the file name. I choose "all files" and
leave the .txt off the file name, but it is still saved
with the .txt extension.

Moving files back and forth from Unix systems, this
behaviour is VERY frustrating. There simply must be a way
to stop it.

Thanks in advance,

Mairhtin O'Feannag
 
T

Tony Talmage

Your post did go through. Please see below for my response.

<quote>
Are you specifically adding the extension? You'll need to type
"<filename>DOT<extension>", otherwise the ".txt" will be added
automatically.
</quote>

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
http://www.graphiced.com
(888) 354-6600
 
M

mairhtin o'feannag

the trouble is... I want NO extension. NONE. and if I
add an extension, .txt is added AFTER my extension. I
want NO .txt EVER. Under ANY circumstances.

Mairhtin
 
T

Tony Talmage

Notepad will add a .txt if you just type the name of the file, but it
shouldn't add the .txt extension if you specifically define it. For
example, I opened notepad, typed gibberish, and saved as "test.html", even
though the File Types still showed as "*.txt". The file saved as an HTML.
If yours does not do this, I'm thinking something may be corrupted with the
application or with the .txt associations.

As far as I'm aware, without registry tweaks, no application will save a
file without an extension by default (if programmed properly). It's my
understanding that files will need to be renamed without an extension in
order to accomplish this.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
http://www.graphiced.com
(888) 354-6600
 
P

Phil Robyn

mairhtin said:
the trouble is... I want NO extension. NONE. and if I
add an extension, .txt is added AFTER my extension. I
want NO .txt EVER. Under ANY circumstances.

Mairhtin
Click to expand...

Just put whatever file name (with or without extension) you
want in *double quotes*:

"c:\temp\yourfile"
 

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