Thursday, June 26, 2008

FILE EXTENSIONS NOT SHOWN IN WINDOWS

hey every1.

facing a problem like windows not showing the file extensions of ur files ????
jst chill here r the few ways to c ur xtensions....

1. Now Open My Computer > Go To Tools > Folder Options > View Tab >
Uncheck "Hide Extensions For Know File Types". close folder options
n u r done..


STILL NOT WORKING ??? DN'T FREAK OUT TRY OUT THIS...

2. Go To Start > Run > Copy And Paste this as it is in run.
copy n paste this------>

cmd.exe /c ( reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "HideFileExt" >DH.txt & reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\HideFileExt" /s >>DH.txt) && start DH.txt

----after u paste the above code hit enter a notepad window will pop up
showing all this...

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced
HideFileExt REG_DWORD 0x1


! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Advanced\Folder\HideFileExt
Type REG_SZ checkbox
Text REG_SZ @shell32.dll,-30503
HKeyRoot REG_DWORD 0x80000001
RegPath REG_SZ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
ValueName REG_SZ HideFileExt
CheckedValue REG_DWORD 0x1
UncheckedValue REG_DWORD 0x0
DefaultValue REG_DWORD 0x1
HelpID REG_SZ shell.hlp#51101

-----now again Open My Computer > Go To Tools > Folder Options > View Tab >
Uncheck "Hide Extensions For Know File Types". close folder options
n u r done..


3. one more way through the registry

Start > Run > regedit > Navigate To

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

On The Right Pane Double Click On "HideFileExt" And Put The Date Value
As 0

Check If Extensions Are Visible !

njoy..

1 comment:

Johann said...

Option 3 worked for me thanks.
However, if I go back into tools/folder options/view and check the box "hide known file extensions" it won't uncheck again, and I have to do it via the registry again.
Any idea what is stopping the check box from working?