File extensions

[Guest]

I have Windows XP home, and each time I create a new file I must also type
the file extension. If I do not type the extension I receive a message
telling me that my file may be corrupt if I change the extension. One every
other computer I use, I do not need to enter the extension, they are assigned
automatically, but not here. Does someone know why?

 

[LVTravel]

What program or programs are you using to create your files.

 

[Ayush]

[JeffB] wrote-:

I have Windows XP home, and each time I create a new file I must also type
the file extension. If I do not type the extension I receive a message
telling me that my file may be corrupt if I change the extension. One every
other computer I use, I do not need to enter the extension, they are assigned
automatically, but not here. Does someone know why?

Tools - Folder Options- View - Tick "Hide extensions for known file types"
Click OK

Good Luck, Ayush.

 

[Guest]

File Extensions are used by software programs..if you EDIT a FILE and its
from a component of a Program you use---the File Extension might be asking
for a SAVE Function..in SAVE TO:you can use the Drop Dowm menu to re-write
the FILENAME and choose the File Extension..eliminating the EDIT Program
SAVE-feature..you also need to DIRECT the FILE to the FOLDER your working
with..read the page you OPENED.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have Windows XP home, and each time I create a new file I must also type
the file extension. If I do not type the extension I receive a message
telling me that my file may be corrupt if I change the extension. One every
other computer I use, I do not need to enter the extension, they are assigned
automatically, but not here. Does someone know why?

In general, file extensions are *not* created automatically when you
create a file in Windows. That's because Windows has no way of knowing
what the file extension should be.

However if you create a file in an *application*, that application
will normally default to the extension that it uses. So if you create
a file in Notepad, it supplies the extension .txt; in Word. it
supplies the extension .doc; in Excel, it supplies the extension .xls,
and so on.

So exactly how are you creating this file? In what application?

 

[Guest]

For instance..in a Editing Program like MS Picture IT 7.0..I MOVE a jpg into
the Editing PANE..I use some of the regular features and I maintain the .jpg
file extension..and the Filename remains the same for the SAVE function..but
if I use a component of MS Picture IT 7.0 like the FRAMES attachments program
I may be asked to SAVE a COPY in the BITMAP Image File extension..which also
re-writes the Filename..
...............................................How-ever........if I know my
Filename I can keep it and in that same WINDOW I can use the Drop Down for
File TYPES to pick(re-pick)the .jpg File Extension..passing up on the bitmap
image file extension by re-writing the Filename..
........................................................................................................................
I still keep my editing process and I place my .jpg File to its proper
location..actually eliminating the editing SAVE-feature File.
..........................................................................................................................
Hope that makes sense/but you can choose a FILE-type..and re-write your
Filename...and choose a proper location..all in the software program your
useing.

 

[Plato]

I have Windows XP home, and each time I create a new file I must also type
the file extension. If I do not type the extension I receive a message
telling me that my file may be corrupt if I change the extension. One every
other computer I use, I do not need to enter the extension, they are assigned
automatically, but not here. Does someone know why?

It depends on what program you are using. If using, for example, word,
then it will create the proper file extension.