"David E. Ross" wrote in newsvfhau$hn3$1
@news.albasani.net:

On 11/26/2017 9:39 AM, Ralph Fox wrote:
On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:02:23 -0800, David E. Ross wrote:

Has anyone been able to change that default in Windows 7 so that
Rename
includes the extension when hightlighting the file name? More often
than not, that is what I want because I often want to copy the
complete
file name for use in text, in a search, or other such purpose without
actually changing the name.


To copy the complete file name, include the "press Ctrl+A" below.

Right-click Rename press Ctrl+A press Ctrl+C

No. While in Rename, Ctrl-A has no effect.


That's odd. On my Windows 7 machine, it's works as advertised. While in
Rename, Ctrl-A selects the entire file name, including the extension.

I actually like the default action to not include the extension, When I
move pictures from my phone to my computer, I give them a descriptive
name, and of course I do not want to change the extension. But, we all
have our own methods.