Question

Where does a file extension appear?

Answer 1

@Ab590

Answer 2

hmmm

Answer 3

At the end of the file name...in windows it is hidden by default

Answer 4

you could look at the file properties

Answer 5

.Sometimes files may appear without showing their file extensions e.g. the Word file letter.doc may appear simply as letter. It is good practice to work with file extensions showing to avoid mistaking one file for another (e.g. index.html.txt appears the same as index.html if editing in Notepad) - note that files with double extensions often pose a high virus risk.

Answer 6

.To make file extensions always appear in Vista:

Open Computer (or any folder window)
Choose Organize from the menu
Choose Folder and Search Options
Click on the View tab
Under Advanced settings untick the box beside Hide file extensions for known file types
Click on OK
To make file extensions always appear in Windows 2000/XP:

Open My Computer (or any folder window)
Choose Folder Options from the Tools menu
Click on the View tab
In Advanced settings untick the box beside Hide file extensions for known file types
Click on Apply to all folders or Like current folder and OK to the message that appears
Click on OK to close the Folder Options window

Answer 7

.Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8 users

Open My Computer
Click Tools and click Folder Options or click View and then Options depending on your version of Windows.
In the Folder Options window click View tab
Uncheck the box that says Hide file extensions for known file types.
Or

Open Control Panel
Click Folder Options
Click View
Uncheck Hide extensions for known file type.
MS-DOS users

In MS-DOS when typing dir to list all files will also list any files with extensions.

Windows 98 and ME users

Open My Computer
Click View
Click Folder Options
Uncheck the box that says Hide file extensions for known file types.
Windows 95 users

In Windows 95 open My Computer
Click View
Click Options
Uncheck the box that says "Hide MS-DOS file extensions for files that are registered" and then click on apply and ok.