Re: renaming file extensions

[Dr. Phil]

talk to your supervisor regarding this....something doesn't sound quite
legit here....


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[D.Currie]

"whistle30017" > wrote in message
...
> how do i rename file extensions in windows xp. i never had the least
problem with windows 98 performing this task. it seems to be impossible in
windows xp.
>
> example: change file "abc.zip" to "abc.xyz"
>
> my office has software in place on server that won't allow zip files to be
received. when i work at home, i cannot send zip files back to myself via
e-mail to continue work the next day. this is a pain

You rename them in XP the same way you did in any other version of Windows.
Make sure that you're set to view all file extensions; that might be part of
the problem. By default, known extensions are hidden.

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:11:06 -0800, whistle30017 wrote:

> how do i rename file extensions in windows xp. i never had the least
> problem with windows 98 performing this task. it seems to be impossible
> in windows xp.
>
> example: change file "abc.zip" to "abc.xyz"
>
> my office has software in place on server that won't allow zip files to
> be received. when i work at home, i cannot send zip files back to
> myself via e-mail to continue work the next day. this is a pain

Either change your settings to show file extensions (do this in Folder
Options) or rename using quotes. "abc.xyz" with quotes will end up as
abc.xyz instead of abc.xyz.zip

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[Pop Rivet]

I think, if I recall, that the following from the Comman Prompt will also
work for multiple extension renames, right? Don't wanna test it - too sick
to fix it if I'm wrong :-]

ren *.zip *.xyz

Pop

"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:11:06 -0800, whistle30017 wrote:
>
> > how do i rename file extensions in windows xp. i never had the least
> > problem with windows 98 performing this task. it seems to be impossible
> > in windows xp.
> >
> > example: change file "abc.zip" to "abc.xyz"
> >
> > my office has software in place on server that won't allow zip files to
> > be received. when i work at home, i cannot send zip files back to
> > myself via e-mail to continue work the next day. this is a pain
>
> Either change your settings to show file extensions (do this in Folder
> Options) or rename using quotes. "abc.xyz" with quotes will end up as
> abc.xyz instead of abc.xyz.zip
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User