Please learning and need basic help

[Joanne]

I have been trying to locate a list of extensions that
open folders ie .jpg. I see the list under folder
options, but cannot print obviously. I hope I am making
myself clear.
Is there a way to get a list of all the 3 letter
extensions and what they stand for, so I can understand
what type of program I am looking at?
Have been looking for months and just found this newsgroup
and this is probably wrong place, too.
I will try anyway since I am close to going insane.
Thank you.
Joanne

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

There are far too many file extensions in the world to list here. What is it
you're trying to accomplish? There may be a better way.

 

[steve]

Hello, a jpg is a picture file this can be opened with IE,
right click the jpg file, left click choose program,
select internet explorer. If you want to know what type of
file an extension is go to:
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
this will only tell you what the extension stands for not
how to open it.
I found this website with more info:
http://members.aol.com/donnaskani/filetypes.html

I hope this helps...

 

[Jim Self]

Hi Joanne,

Try these for some more info on extensions.

http://www.stack.com/file/extension/
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/filetypes.html
http://iar.levillage.org/utilities/dataextensions.html

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[Mike Stern]

Joanne

What exactly are you trying to do? Why do you feel you
need to know what the different extensions are and where
they come from? It is obviously bothering you a lot, so
why is it so important? Folders are opened in various
ways, but file extensions don't necessarily do that. If
you search for specific extensions Windows will open the
foldlers to see if there are any of that type in the
folder and moves on.

Getting a list of the 3 letter extensions and what they
mean and what program created them would be really
difficult. Yes, you can go to Windows Explorer, Click on
the Tools pull down menu, click on Folder Options, then
File Types, and see a list of thousands of extension.
Some programs use many extensions to do what is is the
program does. Every program out there creates files with
it's own proprietary extension that can only be opened by
that program. There are a few standardized extensions,
but that is the exception unfortunately.

I hope you haven't gone to sleep reading this missive and
it is marginally helpful. Please reply and let me know if
I helped.

Mike Stern

 

[Dan Seur]

Google for "file extensions"
Include the quotes. This finds instances of the entire phrase, not just
each word, which is what you want.
You will find several sites that provide lists of extensions and what
they commonly mean. Often the lists will suggest specific applications
needed.
Also familiarize yourself with the W2k "associate" command.
At a command prompt, type
assoc /?
to see syntax and what it does. It will come in handy. It tells W2k how
to handle all instances of any extension (file type), and removes bad
associations as well.
It's up to you of course to install if necessary the various
applications that may be necessary to open various file types. To do so,
you need to know what useful apps are and are not installed as part of W2k.