Renaming File Extension

Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when sending via email,
the recipient's email client would accept the file. I don't see a way to
change the file extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do this?

TIA

Hi, Boris.

Do you mean that Win8 Home does not have a Rename command?

Or did you accept the default setting to "Hide extensions for known file
types"? (In my opinion, that is one of the worst default settings that
Microsoft has adopted, but it has persisted through the past several Windows
generations.)

There are several ways to get to Folder Options in Win8 Pro; I'm not sure
about Home, but this SHOULD work, I think:
Press the Windows key and type "folder options". When it tells you that "No
apps match your search", look at the menu on the right side and click
"Settings", then select Folder options from that menu. Since you've used
Windows before, this screen should look familiar; choose the "View" tab. On
the long list under "Advanced settings", near the bottom of the first page
(about the 10th item) is "Hide extensions for known file types". By
default, this box is checked. Clear this box and OK your way back to Start.
Then you should see all the extensions. Then you can use Rename to change
all or part of a filename, including the extension.

Another pathway to the Folder Options screen is from Windows Explorer (the
directory listing, not Internet Explorer). From WE's Home Ribbon, click the
far-right icon, for Options, and then Change folder and search options.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3508.0205) in Win8 Pro


"Boris" wrote in message
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Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when sending via email,
the recipient's email client would accept the file. I don't see a way to
change the file extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do this?

TIA

Boris wrote:
Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when sending via email,
the recipient's email client would accept the file. I don't see a way to
change the file extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do this?

TIA

Can you send the zipped file?

"Boris" wrote in message
. 116
Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when
sending via email, the recipient's email client would
accept the file. I don't see a way to change the file
extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do this?

Right click the file and select "rename".

- OR -

Select the file and press F2


--

dadiOH
____________________________

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On Fri, 2 Aug 2013 14:52:29 +0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when sending via email,
the recipient's email client would accept the file. I don't see a way to
change the file extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do this?

TIA

In addition to the other replies - my favorite way to rename a file is
to simply left-click on its name in the file pane of Windows Explorer.
The name can now be changed.

As with the other methods, you may need to change the highlighting to
select what you want to change.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"R. C. White" wrote in
ecom:

Hi,

Yes, Win8 (I just read that there is no 'Windows 8 Home') does have the
rename command, but I haven't been able to find how to show the
extensions. I agree that having extensions hidden (Win8 hides them all)
by default is nuts.

I'm pretty much fluent in Win7 and below, but not Win8, and I always show
all extensions, and show system files, too. This is my wife's machine
that I've been playing with, to determine if when I get another
laptop/desktop I want Win8. At this point, not so much.

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to try your suggestions.

Hi, Boris.

Do you mean that Win8 Home does not have a Rename command?

Or did you accept the default setting to "Hide extensions for known
file types"? (In my opinion, that is one of the worst default
settings that Microsoft has adopted, but it has persisted through the
past several Windows generations.)

There are several ways to get to Folder Options in Win8 Pro; I'm not
sure about Home, but this SHOULD work, I think:
Press the Windows key and type "folder options". When it tells you
that "No apps match your search", look at the menu on the right side
and click "Settings", then select Folder options from that menu.
Since you've used Windows before, this screen should look familiar;
choose the "View" tab. On the long list under "Advanced settings",
near the bottom of the first page (about the 10th item) is "Hide
extensions for known file types". By default, this box is checked.
Clear this box and OK your way back to Start. Then you should see all
the extensions. Then you can use Rename to change all or part of a
filename, including the extension.

Another pathway to the Folder Options screen is from Windows Explorer
(the directory listing, not Internet Explorer). From WE's Home
Ribbon, click the far-right icon, for Options, and then Change folder
and search options.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3508.0205) in Win8 Pro


"Boris" wrote in message
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Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when sending via
email, the recipient's email client would accept the file. I don't
see a way to change the file extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do
this?

TIA

Paul in Houston TX wrote in
:

Boris wrote:
Hi,

I used to change file extensions on .exe. files so when sending via
email, the recipient's email client would accept the file. I don't
see a way to change the file extension in Windows8 Home. How do I do
this?

TIA

Can you send the zipped file?

I probably could, but sometimes the receiver doesn't know how to handle.
But, I'll try that, too.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:49:08 -0500, "R. C. White"
wrote:

Hi, Boris.

Do you mean that Win8 Home does not have a Rename command?

Or did you accept the default setting to "Hide extensions for known file
types"? (In my opinion, that is one of the worst default settings that
Microsoft has adopted, but it has persisted through the past several Windows
generations.)


A very strong *DITTO*.


--
Ken Blake

On Fri, 2 Aug 2013 22:13:52 +0000 (UTC), Boris
wrote:

"R. C. White" wrote in
ecom:

Hi,

Yes, Win8 (I just read that there is no 'Windows 8 Home') does have the
rename command, but I haven't been able to find how to show the
extensions. I agree that having extensions hidden (Win8 hides them all)
by default is nuts.

I'm pretty much fluent in Win7 and below, but not Win8, and I always show
all extensions, and show system files, too. This is my wife's machine
that I've been playing with, to determine if when I get another
laptop/desktop I want Win8. At this point, not so much.


You change it to show extensions the same way in Windows 8 as you did
in Windows 7.

And by the way, regarding your upcoming decision on whether you want
Windows 8, let me point out something that you perhaps don't realize:
Windows 8 has two interfaces; the Modern/Metro Interface (which may
be all you've looked at) and the traditional Desktop Interface. That
traditional Desktop Interface is almost identical to Windows 7's
interface; the biggest difference is that there is no Start Orb to
click to bring up the Start menu. But note that you can get the Start
Orb back by using one of several third-party programs, either free or
very inexpensive (Classic Shell at
http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ and Start8 at
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/; my personal preference is
Start8, but they are both very good). And going from one interface to
the other is very easy; there are several ways, but simply pressing
the Windows key is perhaps the easiest. Simply installing one of those
two and using the traditional desktop interface may be a better
choice for you than going to Windows 7.

I use Windows 8, almost exclusively with the traditional desktop
interface, and with Start 8 installed. If you were to look at and use
my computer, you would have a hard time realizing that it's not
Windows 7.


--
Ken Blake

"Bob Henson" wrote in message

Ken Blake wrote:

I use Windows 8, almost exclusively with the
traditional desktop interface, and with Start 8
installed. If you were to look at and use my computer,
you would have a hard time realizing that it's not
Windows 7.

Have you found a way to hide/delete all the Metro apps in
the start menu?

With Classic Shell, you can just skip over the entire screen.
_________________

Assuming Start 8 is the same as Classic
Shell in that regard, you can't delete the menu entries.
I have not spent a lot of time on it, admittedly, but the
simple expedient of Right Click and then Delete doesn't
work certainly.

Right click gets/should get you a pop up bar at the bottom of the screen.
Depending on what you clicked, that bar has various options, "Unpin" from
Start being one, "Uninstall" generally being another.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race?
Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change?
Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net

On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 09:46:06 +0100, Bob Henson
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

I use Windows 8, almost exclusively with the traditional desktop
interface, and with Start 8 installed. If you were to look at and use
my computer, you would have a hard time realizing that it's not
Windows 7.

Have you found a way to hide/delete all the Metro apps in the start menu?
Assuming Start 8 is the same as Classic Shell in that regard, you can't
delete the menu entries. I have not spent a lot of time on it, admittedly,
but the simple expedient of Right Click and then Delete doesn't work
certainly.


I never even realized any were there! But your message prompted me to
look for them. I didn't see any, so I went to All Programs, and found
a folder called "Modern UI Applications." Yes, they are there, but
that doesn't bother me at all. It's so unobtrusive that I didn't even
realize it was there.

Can I right-click on that folder on choose Delete? I don't know, and
frankly I don't want to try. I don't mind its being there.

--
Ken Blake

On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:34:32 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I use Windows 8, almost exclusively with the traditional desktop
interface, and with Start 8 installed. If you were to look at and use
my computer, you would have a hard time realizing that it's not
Windows 7.

Who are these people who would have a hard time realizing that Win 8 with
one of the popular add-ons is not Win 7. ;-)

I'm just poking fun. I realize there are people who are mostly oblivious to
what's in front of them.

On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 08:13:15 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

Can I right-click on that folder on choose Delete? I don't know, and
frankly I don't want to try. I don't mind its being there.

It's generally safe to right-click and display a context menu. You don't
have to take the next step and select any of those menu entries.

On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:16:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:34:32 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I use Windows 8, almost exclusively with the traditional desktop
interface, and with Start 8 installed. If you were to look at and use
my computer, you would have a hard time realizing that it's not
Windows 7.

Who are these people who would have a hard time realizing that Win 8 with
one of the popular add-ons is not Win 7. ;-)

I'm just poking fun. I realize there are people who are mostly oblivious to
what's in front of them.


OK, if you're just poking fun, I'll take it in the spirit in which you
meant it. But let me elaborate.

Certainly, it's not Windows 7. But it can be made to look very much
like it, and to a casual observer, it appears to be Windows 7 (I've
had more than one person look over my shoulder and think that I was
running Windows 7). Spend some time with it, look around some more,
and unless you are one of those who are mostly oblivious to what's in
front of them, you'll see enough differences to realize what it is. My
points are two:

1. It can be made to look very much like Windows 7.

2. It can be made to work very much like Windows 7.

To most (but not all) of the people who have tried Windows 8 and
immediately hated it, those two things can readily reverse their
opinion.

I'm not one of those who immediately hated it when I first tried it,
but I was certainly far from being one who was enamored of it. Running
Start8 when I found it changed my mind almost instantly. It's now
enough like Windows 7 that I like it just fine, and the few
differences are small enough that they don't bother me.

The more time that passes, the less often I even glance at the metro
interface. If I had a touch-screen tablet, it might be different, but
the desktop interface with Start8 works very well for me.


--
Ken Blake

On Sun, 4 Aug 2013 18:35:33 +0100, Bob Henson
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:16:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:34:32 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I use Windows 8, almost exclusively with the traditional desktop
interface, and with Start 8 installed. If you were to look at and use
my computer, you would have a hard time realizing that it's not
Windows 7.

Who are these people who would have a hard time realizing that Win 8 with
one of the popular add-ons is not Win 7. ;-)

I'm just poking fun. I realize there are people who are mostly oblivious to
what's in front of them.

OK, if you're just poking fun, I'll take it in the spirit in which you
meant it. But let me elaborate.

Certainly, it's not Windows 7. But it can be made to look very much
like it, and to a casual observer, it appears to be Windows 7 (I've
had more than one person look over my shoulder and think that I was
running Windows 7). Spend some time with it, look around some more,
and unless you are one of those who are mostly oblivious to what's in
front of them, you'll see enough differences to realize what it is. My
points are two:

1. It can be made to look very much like Windows 7.

2. It can be made to work very much like Windows 7.

To most (but not all) of the people who have tried Windows 8 and
immediately hated it, those two things can readily reverse their
opinion.

I'm not one of those who immediately hated it when I first tried it,
but I was certainly far from being one who was enamored of it. Running
Start8 when I found it changed my mind almost instantly. It's now
enough like Windows 7 that I like it just fine, and the few
differences are small enough that they don't bother me.

The more time that passes, the less often I even glance at the metro
interface. If I had a touch-screen tablet, it might be different, but
the desktop interface with Start8 works very well for me.

You're absolutely correct - but the old folk I help don't know how to make
it functional, so until I show them they can't find there way round it at
all. I don't know how many people have been put off computers by Windows 8,
but you can bet it's already a lot.


Yes, I agree.


--
Ken Blake