Indeed, miscdas is right on. To enable the viewing of extensions on WinXP, go to any 'finder'type window, click the tools -> folder options then under 'Files and Folders' -> 'Hidden Files and Folders' check the 'Show hidden files and folders' radio button.
-Chipp > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Can't add file extension in Windows > > > Howard Bornstein writes: > [snip] > > Apparently, under XP, even if you explicitly add ".jpg" to the filename > > in the save dialog, it deletes it from the file. > > > > I'm a Mac guy so I'm not up on Windows extensions, but does XP > remove (at > > least from the user's view) file extensions, even though it knows > > internally what the file type is? > > > =========== > Windoze management, in their infinite Wisdom regarding what users > SHOULD see > by default , decided that showing file extensions is a bad idea > in general. > Therefore, the default mode is for extensions (at least for "known file > types") to be turned off. The extensions are NOT DELETED; they are simply > not displayed. Also, the default display setting for the file information > for System and Hidden files is to not be displayed. So, be aware > that if you > think you are "hiding" a file by setting its attribute to hidden, > you don't > hide it from everyone. > > miscdas > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
