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| Thread ID: 22804 | 2002-07-30 22:55:00 | jpegs bmp lose extentions in XP | micheal (1099) | Press F1 |
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| 66872 | 2002-07-30 22:55:00 | When I rename a bmp, gif etc in xp . . . unless I leave the " . bmp" part in the file name the file seems to lose it's file type ID . This is a pain, particularly if I want to simply double click and have the file open in paint or photo editor . Is this an XP thing (I could rename files in 95/98 with out worrying about the ext . ) or could something like Quicktime have messed up my extention thingy something . . . . ? I teach 400+ kids in a PC multimedia theatre/lab environment and would like to life a little easier for them, esp . . . the five year olds . Thanks |
micheal (1099) | ||
| 66873 | 2002-07-30 23:04:00 | ??? . . . . . The extension ( . bmp, . jpg etc) is the ONLY way any file is automatically associated with a program . Removing an extension will leave any file as an orphan . It has been this way since days of DOS . What you may be getting confused with is that you can choose to not display extensions, and then renaming would have left the old extension present, just not visible . Goto windows explorer - tools - folder options - view -tick the box for "hide extensions for known file types" |
godfather (25) | ||
| 66874 | 2002-08-02 00:12:00 | Thanks... Not confused, just did n't know that you can hide the extensions. Thanks. |
micheal (1099) | ||
| 66875 | 2002-08-02 00:40:00 | > Thanks... Not confused, just did n't know that you > can hide the extensions. the extensions should have been hidden by default - you actually have to select the option to display the extensions. Mike. PS do you actually spell your name like that? I've never met a Mike that spells his name eal. :) |
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