file extensions

Hello, I am using Windows 11, and I have the old Windows Media Player legacy. I created a huge playlist of perhaps 1,000 songs. The playlist worked well. Days later, now the playlist never works, an error says it cannot find the original songs in the playlist. To view the code of the playlist...

In today’s digital age, understanding how to manage files is critical for both productivity and organization. This is especially true when using operating systems such as Windows 11, where file extensions play a significant role in how files are identified and opened. If you've ever encountered...

After some re-configurations/installations files for some file extensions do not show the file icons of their corresponding programs any more in Windows Explorer. E.g. *.html file icons show not the Firefox thumbnails. How can I "refresh" the icon look again? Peter

Hi Recently I created a new program thinking it was an additional one. It wiped a lot of my original program files, some of which I reloaded from disk, but a number which I couldn’t. Today I ran a program called “Glary utilities” which analyses the system. In “disk space analyser” there are 2...

I'm having to create a set of batch files for a class. My instructor is no help. I have included the assignment. Is there anyone out there who can help me? 1. Create a batch file called DD.BAT. This batch file should display the files on the root of the HOMEWORK drive in date order with the...

Assume I run a program from USB flash drive or network drive. It is not installed on the local Win 7 computer but it works. Hence when I go to menu START--->Control Panel--->Programs--->Default programs this program is NOT listed there as a possible application. So it cannot be defined as a...

I have a Lenovo G40-45 PC . It had a preloaded windows 10 . I had only 2 GB RAM and The device was lagging . So , i decided to Reset PC and backed up all the data in my external hard disk as .dsi , .wsi or files with numbers as extension . Later i ended up loading a new windows 7 , hoping that...

Hi Guys, Something is corrupting files on my computer by putting some random names to files and changing it to (.b8b0) file format, There are several files like this on my system. Most of the affected files have the following extensions: .b8b0 .doc, .mp3, .jpeg, etc. I am not sure what is that...

Hello, today I installed a trial of a voice changer and deinstalled it after a while. However since that moment, I have bugged icons for some filextenstions. Till yet I found out, it is mkv and rar. I tried do delete the Iconcache.db, but this doesn't solved the problem. Any other solutions?

For some unknown reason, my image file associations in Windows Explorer keep getting undone, such that they show up in Explorer without an associated application (or occasionally with a wrong association). For example, when I examine the properties of any .jpg file, the "Open With:" property...

I have a question about running "executable" programs in Windows without having to type the extension. I've recently learned that, in addition to the command prompt and run box, you can also run executable files (.exe, .bat, .lnk, .vbs) from the Windows Explorer address bar. The only problem...

My Samsung Smart-TV appeared in the installed devices, like it did in W8.1 And right clicking on a .mpg file, as far as I know, new option appeared 'Play with:' with my Samsung TV. It only appeared when right clicking on .mpg files and not on .vob files as are on Dvd's and are in fact exactly...

Can anyone tell me what causes a file name to duplicate and appear with the following "name" Master DB_1_21_15@9b1e95f9bff5463d87789d6efbbe4852 I have a file that is called Master DB_1_21_15 (excel file) It resides on my desktop computer in my Google Drive folder The date is the last time I...

Server OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit Client System: Windows 8.1 64-Bit We operate a small office setup with a server and about 8 clients. The network drives we access have always been compressed: under HDD Properties>General Tab: 'Compress this drive to save disk space' is checked...

Hallo all. :) Never had this problem before and i need some assistances. I have two files in an otherwise empty folder but there are no extensions after the file name. I can't add an extension to the files. I can't rename them or move them or delete them. Every time i try any of these things i...

Hello How can I see the file name extensions on win7? I only see the file name!

How do I make Windows show the file extensions? Like .exe or .jpg

I just can't figure this out: When I import/merge a .reg file (v5 format) manually by right-clicking the file in Explorer, it works perfectly. But if I try to import the very same .reg file in a batch file, it doesn't do anything! The .reg file is only changing keys under HKEY_USERS. Here's a...

I mean, i understand that text files are meant to be simple, but why isn't there a format that allows using colors in your text file, and possibly bold, italic and underline. I mean it would be very useful, since windows doc files are too slow to open and to complicated to edit. Also .java...

Not long ago I was experiencing an annoying problem: the file extension for ICO files were always displayed while known filetypes' extensions were set to be hidden. My primary icon editor/handler was (and still is) IconLover, and at one point I my registry explorations, I found the offending...