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Home Windows 8 How to Show / Hide file extension in windows 8

How to Show / Hide file extension in windows 8

September 28, 2011
  • Windows 8
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By default Windows 8 hide file extensions of files. Like if you have mp3 files, windows 8 will not show filename.mp3 instead it will just show filename.

How to Show / Hide file extension in windows 8

  • Open Windows Explorer.
    windows 8 explorer
  • In Windows Explorer click View tab.
    windows 8 explorer view tab
  • Check File name extensions to show file extension. Un-check it to hide file extension.
    windows 8 file extension

When this option is checked, files will show its extension (file type) also, like filename.mp3, filename.txt, filename.avi, filename.doc etc.

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3 Responses to How to Show / Hide file extension in windows 8


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  1. avelyne says:
    November 4, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    Great thanks!

    Reply
  2. ad says:
    November 21, 2012 at 8:42 am

    thanks

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  3. .mau. says:
    January 11, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    thanks a lot – it’s a pity that each version of windows changes the way to unhide extensions1

    Reply

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