Changing file format

[Guest]

How do you change the file format? (Eg. from .ex_ to exe)

 

[Shenan Stanley]

How do you change the file format? (Eg. from .ex_ to exe)

In that particular case - you have to "expand" it from its compressed form.

 

[Guest]

How do you change the file format? (Eg. from .ex_ to exe)

Depend really:
1) Go to View > Folder Options. Click the View tab, then uncheck the box
that says "Hide file extension for known file types". Rename the file with a
new extension. NOTE: Files renamed with a new extension won't always work
with the new extension.

2) In the case of (for example) picture files, some programs can save under
a different format (e.g. Paint can save as .bmp, .jpg, tiff, etc or MS Word
can save as .doc, .rtf, .txt, etc). Simply open the file in an appropriate
program, then go to File > Save As, and select a new file type.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Compressed files and the underscore.

[[Installation archives often contain files with extensions ending in the
underscore. These files are compressed versions of their uncompressed
versions and the first two characters in the extension are the same as the
extension in the uncompressed file. For example, .EX_ would likely expand to
..EXE or .SY_ to .SYS, and so on.]]
http://www.filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=ex_

Expand
[[Expands one or more compressed files. This command is used to retrieve
compressed files from distribution disks.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/expand.mspx

How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;888017

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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