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=== Required Reading ===
 
This is an add-on section for disabling Windows’s default behavior of hiding file extensions.
This is an add-on section for disabling Windows’s default behavior of hiding file extensions.


This will make it easier for you to find the referenced files in the rest of this guide.
This will make it easier for you to find the referenced files in the rest of this guide.


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== Instructions ==
=== Instructions ===
 
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|-|Windows 11=


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==== Windows 11 ====
#Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory
#Click the "View" option in the toolbar
#Go to "Show"
#Click "File name extensions" to enable it<br>[[File:Windows-11-file-extensions.png|700px]]
</span>


<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
|-|Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8=
<li><p>Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory</p></li>
<li><p>Click the “View” option in the toolbar</p></li>
<li><p>Go to “Show”</p></li>
<li><p>Click “File name extensions” to enable it</p>
<p>[]({{ “/images/screenshots/windows-11-file-extensions.png” | absolute_url }}) {: .notice–info}</p></li></ol>


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==== Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 ====
#Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory
#Click the "View" option on the ribbon menu
#Check the box labeled "File name extensions"<br>[[File:Windows-10-file-extensions.png]]
</span>


<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
|-|Windows 7=
<li><p>Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory</p></li>
<li><p>Click the “View” option on the ribbon menu</p></li>
<li><p>Check the box labeled “File name extensions”</p>
<p>[]({{ “/images/screenshots/windows-10-file-extensions.png” | absolute_url }}) {: .notice–info}</p></li></ol>


<span id="windows-7"></span>
<span>
==== Windows 7 ====
#Open the start menu by clicking on it or using the Windows key
#Search for "Folder Options" and select the corresponding result<br>[[File:Windows-7-folder-options-start-menu.png]]
#Click the "View" option at the top of the Folder Options menu
#Uncheck the box labeled "Hide extensions for known file types"<br>[[File:Windows-7-folder-options.png]]
</span>


<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">
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<li><p>Open the start menu by clicking on it or using the Windows key</p></li>
<li><p>Search for “Folder Options” and select the corresponding result</p>
<p>[]({{ “/images/screenshots/windows-7-folder-options-start-menu.png” | absolute_url }}) {: .notice–info}</p></li>
<li><p>Click the “View” option at the top of the Folder Options menu</p></li>
<li><p>Uncheck the box labeled “Hide extensions for known file types”</p>
<p>[]({{ “/images/screenshots/windows-7-folder-options.png” | absolute_url }}) {: .notice–info}</p></li></ol>


<span id="continue-to-get-started"></span>
{{hg imported|Guide_3DS}}
=== Continue to [[get-started|Get Started]] ===


{: .notice–primary}
[[Category:General guides]]

Latest revision as of 08:41, 2 August 2023

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This is an add-on section for disabling Windows’s default behavior of hiding file extensions.

This will make it easier for you to find the referenced files in the rest of this guide.

Instructions

  1. Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory
  2. Click the "View" option in the toolbar
  3. Go to "Show"
  4. Click "File name extensions" to enable it
    Windows-11-file-extensions.png

  1. Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory
  2. Click the "View" option on the ribbon menu
  3. Check the box labeled "File name extensions"
    Windows-10-file-extensions.png

  1. Open the start menu by clicking on it or using the Windows key
  2. Search for "Folder Options" and select the corresponding result
    Windows-7-folder-options-start-menu.png
  3. Click the "View" option at the top of the Folder Options menu
  4. Uncheck the box labeled "Hide extensions for known file types"
    Windows-7-folder-options.png

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