Lesson 16: Viewing Files and Extensions

In order to see if you have a need this lesson, open your Windows Explorer Program, click on the VIEW menu option and select Details. 
 

 
Looking to the right hand side of the screen, read the names of the files that are showing.  Do the files have names that contain a dot followed by letters?  These are called file extensions (included are .jpg .bmp .wav .txt, but there are many others), and their purpose is to tell you what kind of file it is.  Word documents are frequently .doc or .html while Works commonly assigns word processing documents a .wps extension. 
   
Files Without Extensions Files With Extensions

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Note: If your filenames appear to NOT have the file extensions showing, this lesson may be important to you.
 

1. From the Start button, go to Settings and select Control Panel.

 

2. Double click on the icon that says Folder Options.

 
3. Select the View tab.
4. Deselect the check box where it says "Hide file extensions for known file types".
5. Click OK to accept the changes.

 
The next time you open Windows Explorer, your filenames will include their extensions.
 

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