all my shortcuts show as .lnk files in Explorer (and workalikes like VCOM PowerDesk), and on desktop

[William M. Grove]

I know I can turn this off, at least in some views of the relevant
shortcut files, by telling Explorer not to show filename extensions
for "known" file types. However, until recently, I have always been
able to effect filename extension suppression for .lnk files (in fact,
it happened without my seemingly having to take any special steps)
while showing all other filename extensions (whether the file type was
recognized by Windows or not). I can't figure out what option I set
or registry setting I unintentionally tweaked, to get this mildly
unpleasant effect I've got now. Any ideas how I can suppress ONLY
..lnk filename extension, like I did before?

Will Grove

 

[Dave Patrick]

Run regedit.exe and navigate to;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\lnkfile
then from the menu
Edit|New|String value
and name it "NeverShowExt"
close the registry editor, restart for effect.


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:
|I know I can turn this off, at least in some views of the relevant
| shortcut files, by telling Explorer not to show filename extensions
| for "known" file types. However, until recently, I have always been
| able to effect filename extension suppression for .lnk files (in fact,
| it happened without my seemingly having to take any special steps)
| while showing all other filename extensions (whether the file type was
| recognized by Windows or not). I can't figure out what option I set
| or registry setting I unintentionally tweaked, to get this mildly
| unpleasant effect I've got now. Any ideas how I can suppress ONLY
| .lnk filename extension, like I did before?
|
| Will Grove
|

 

[ACC]

Click on "Start" -->Run-->type cmd and click on OK.

Here I assume your pendrive as G:

Enter this command.

attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*

Note : Replace the letter g with your flash drive letter.

Now check for your files in Pen Drive.