{"id":2252,"date":"2013-05-22T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T02:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2022-10-11T01:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T01:39:35","slug":"how-to-show-file-name-extensions-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-show-file-name-extensions-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show File Name Extensions in Windows 11 \/ 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

By default all Windows versions such as Windows 7, Vista, Windows 8 or Windows 10 don’t show file name extensions for known file types. This means that as long as a file type is associated with a program, Windows will show only a file name and not its extension. But sometimes this may cause unnecessary confusion. For example, if there are two files with the same file name but a different extension, it’s difficult to distinguish one file from another. In this tutorial we’ll explain how to show file name extensions in Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7.<\/p>\n

Part 1: How to Show File Name Extensions in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open File Explorer<\/a>, click on View<\/strong> at the top and then select Show<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.\n

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  2. Next, choose “File name extensions<\/strong>” so that there’s a tick next to it. The extensions of all your files will become visible.\n

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    Part 2: How to Show File Name Extensions in Windows 10 \/ 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open up File Explorer<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    2. When the File Explorer window opens, click on the View<\/strong> tab at the top. Check the box next to “File name extensions<\/strong>“.\n

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    3. Now, you should be able to see file name extensions for every file on your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Part 3: How to Show File Name Extensions in Windows 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Open up Windows Explorer.<\/li>\n
      2. click Organize<\/strong> in the toolbar on the top, and then select Folder and search options<\/strong>.\n

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      3. Click the View<\/strong> tab in the Folder Options<\/a> dialog box. Deselect Hide extensions for known file types<\/strong> and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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      4. This will make Windows 7 show file name extensions immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        By default all Windows versions such as Windows 7, Vista, Windows 8 or Windows 10 don’t show file name extensions for known file types. This means that as long as a file type is associated with a program, Windows will show only a file name and not its extension. But sometimes this may cause unnecessary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,4713,3,39],"tags":[4101,4098,5037,4099,4100],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-hide-file-extensions-windows-10","tag-show-file-extensions-windows-10","tag-show-file-extensions-windows-11","tag-show-file-extensions-windows-7","tag-show-file-name-extensions-in-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19106,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/19106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}