- 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
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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. | ||
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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. | ||
== Instructions == | == Instructions == <!--T:3--> | ||
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#Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory | <span> | ||
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#Go to "Show" | # <translate><!--T:5--> Click the "View" option in the toolbar</translate> | ||
#Click "File name extensions" to enable it<br>[[File:Windows-11-file-extensions.png|700px]] | # <translate><!--T:6--> Go to "Show"</translate> | ||
# <translate><!--T:7--> Click "File name extensions" to enable it</translate><br><translate><!--T:8--> [[File:Windows-11-file-extensions.png|700px]]</translate> | |||
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#Click the "View" option on the ribbon menu | # <translate><!--T:9--> Launch File Explorer by opening any directory, such as your SD card directory</translate> | ||
#Check the box labeled "File name extensions"<br>[[File:Windows-10-file-extensions.png]] | # <translate><!--T:10--> Click the "View" option on the ribbon menu</translate> | ||
# <translate><!--T:11--> Check the box labeled "File name extensions"</translate><br><translate><!--T:12--> [[File:Windows-10-file-extensions.png]]</translate> | |||
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#Uncheck the box labeled "Hide extensions for known file types"<br>[[File:Windows-7-folder-options.png]] | # <translate><!--T:16--> Click the "View" option at the top of the Folder Options menu</translate> | ||
# <translate><!--T:17--> Uncheck the box labeled "Hide extensions for known file types"</translate><br><translate><!--T:18--> [[File:Windows-7-folder-options.png]]</translate> | |||
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[[Category:General guides]] | [[Category:General guides{{#translation:}}]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:50, 10 August 2025
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
- 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"
- Open the start menu by clicking on it or using the Windows key
- Search for "Folder Options" and select the corresponding result
- Click the "View" option at the top of the Folder Options menu
- Uncheck the box labeled "Hide extensions for known file types"
