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If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.

On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:47:00 -0700, masonc
wrote:

If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.



Please note that this thread is crossposted to *three* newsgroups:
alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.usage.english, and alt.windows7.general.
Windows is the subject of only two of the three.

On 09/01/2017 06:47 PM, masonc wrote:
If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.


People usually post when there's a problem. Windows is becoming so
perfect people don't have problems (or maybe Windows has made them
unable to post).

On 02/09/17 10:02, Ken Blake wrote:
On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:47:00 -0700, masonc
wrote:

If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.

Please note that this thread is crossposted to *three* newsgroups:
alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.usage.english, and alt.windows7.general.
Windows is the subject of only two of the three.

So feel free to mention Windows two thirds of the time.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

On 02/09/17 11:17, Sam E wrote:
On 09/01/2017 06:47 PM, masonc wrote:
If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.

People usually post when there's a problem. Windows is becoming so
perfect people don't have problems (or maybe Windows has made them
unable to post).

Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

In article ,
Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/09/17 11:17, Sam E wrote:
On 09/01/2017 06:47 PM, masonc wrote:
If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.

People usually post when there's a problem. Windows is becoming so
perfect people don't have problems (or maybe Windows has made them
unable to post).

Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.

very strange. My Win10 machine shows file extensions . I've never done
anything to alter that.

However, if you go to "view" in the filer, there is a box "File name
extensions". It's ticked on my machine.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

On 02/09/17 18:59, charles wrote:
In article ,
Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/09/17 11:17, Sam E wrote:
On 09/01/2017 06:47 PM, masonc wrote:
If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.

People usually post when there's a problem. Windows is becoming so
perfect people don't have problems (or maybe Windows has made them
unable to post).

Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.

very strange. My Win10 machine shows file extensions . I've never done
anything to alter that.

Ah! That is one of the major improvements in Windows 10. When you
install it, it apparently doesn't destroy your customisations from the
previous version. Perhaps it doesn't even do a search and destroy of
competing operating systems, but I haven't put that to the test for many
years, since I decided long ago that if you have multiple operating
systems on a computer then it's unsafe to let one of them be Windows.

However, if you go to "view" in the filer, there is a box "File name
extensions". It's ticked on my machine.

Thank you. That's even logical. However, it's not where it used to be,
which is why I was fooled.

Presumably if I do it at the "This PC" level, it will be inherited all
the way down.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

"Peter Moylan" wrote

| I decided long ago that if you have multiple operating
| systems on a computer then it's unsafe to let one of them be Windows.
|

The trick is to install, make a disk image, then
use that image. Preferably with a 3rd-party boot
loader program other than the gang of quirky Linux
selections or the aggressive Windows versions.

But it gets more difficult with each version.
At least since XP the boot config file must be
edited as well, because there's no way to choose
a setting like, "This install will only boot itself".

Starting with Vista/7 the boot system often has to
be repaired first, as it's often installed by default
to a separate partition. And the boot config file is
no longer plain text. It's classic Microsoft
strategy: Put a wrench in the works of anything but
currently supported versions of Windows, but do
it under the guise of innocent, parochial helpfulness.
And do it frequently, in different ways, to stay one
step ahead of all but the most determined tweakers.

A case *could* be made for convenience in that
design. But in the hands of Microsoft, convenience
is always just a cover for lock-in. It's rarely easy
to choose one's options. That would be true
convenience.

On the other hand, the last time I tried installing
Suse Linux the installer was so "helpful" that I didn't
trust it to not overwrite Windows. It was designed
to assume that I had no idea what I was doing and
that I wanted it as the only OS on the computer.

On 09/02/2017 03:19 AM, Peter Moylan wrote:
On 02/09/17 11:17, Sam E wrote:
On 09/01/2017 06:47 PM, masonc wrote:
If I understand correctly, Windows 7/10 is no longer the subject of
these newsgroups.

People usually post when there's a problem. Windows is becoming so
perfect people don't have problems (or maybe Windows has made them
unable to post).

Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.


"hide file extensions" (on by default) is included in every version of
Windows (from 3.1 if not earlier) for the benefit of malware authors
(who would like you to click on what you think is sample.txt but Windosw
knows is really the executable file sample.txt.exe).

For the above reason it defaults to on, you used to be able to turn it
off in "folder options", but they may have hidden it better in 10.

On 09/02/2017 03:59 AM, charles wrote:

[snip]

very strange. My Win10 machine shows file extensions . I've never done
anything to alter that.

They're hidden by default. I always fix that liar as one of the first
things to do after installing Windows.

However, if you go to "view" in the filer, there is a box "File name
extensions". It's ticked on my machine.



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On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 09:07:48 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2017-09-02 04:19, Peter Moylan wrote:
[...]
Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.

Are you saying that Folder Options no longer includes "Hide known
extensions" for you to uncheck?

That option is still available in the Pro version (build 15063.540)
and can be found via:

Settings / enter Folder Options in the search box / File Explorer
Options

In File Explorer Options, select View tab and scan down for
Hide extensions for known file types

Sam E wrote:

"hide file extensions" (on by default) is included in every version of
Windows (from 3.1 if not earlier)

Nope, not in 3.x or earlier, as those versions used "File Manager", not
"Windows Explorer"

On 9/2/2017 6:10 PM, Monty wrote:
On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 09:07:48 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2017-09-02 04:19, Peter Moylan wrote:
[...]
Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.

Are you saying that Folder Options no longer includes "Hide known
extensions" for you to uncheck?

That option is still available in the Pro version (build 15063.540)
and can be found via:

Settings / enter Folder Options in the search box / File Explorer
Options

In File Explorer Options, select View tab and scan down for
Hide extensions for known file types


In the standard edition Windows 11 Home 1703 15063.54 it is still in
the folder options. I do not have the Pro edition

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On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 17:00:26 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 09/02/2017 03:59 AM, charles wrote:

[snip]

very strange. My Win10 machine shows file extensions . I've never done
anything to alter that.

They're hidden by default.


Yes. As far as I'm concerned, it's a terrible default. Hiding
extensions shouldn't even be an option.


I always fix that liar as one of the first
things to do after installing Windows.



Me too.

On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 18:33:44 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 9/2/2017 6:10 PM, Monty wrote:
On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 09:07:48 -0400, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2017-09-02 04:19, Peter Moylan wrote:
[...]
Since you mention it ... how do you tell Windows 10 to display filename
extensions in folder listings? My wife has two files itinerary.xlsx and
itinerary.ods, and she's getting confused as to which is which, because
they are both listed as "itinerary". I know how to fix this bug in older
versions of Windows, but Microsoft is now working harder to stop people
from finding things.

Are you saying that Folder Options no longer includes "Hide known
extensions" for you to uncheck?

That option is still available in the Pro version (build 15063.540)
and can be found via:

Settings / enter Folder Options in the search box / File Explorer
Options

In File Explorer Options, select View tab and scan down for
Hide extensions for known file types


In the standard edition Windows 11 Home 1703 15063.54 it is still in
the folder options. I do not have the Pro edition

Thanks for that, Keith. I didn't expect there would be a difference
in that area between Pro and Home.