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The thread discusses an issue where renaming files in Windows highlights the entire filename, including the extension, making it easy to accidentally erase the extension when typing. The original poster wants only the filename (excluding the extension) to be highlighted by default. The respondent notes that since Windows 7, the default behavior has been to exclude extensions from being highlighted during rename, and they are unaware of any setting to change this behavior, implying it may be unusual or specific to the user's setup. Overall, the discussion concludes that the default behavior is to exclude extensions from being highlighted, and there is no straightforward way to modify this setting.
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When I rename a file, the entire file name, including the extension, is highlighted. This means that if I just start typing, the extension is erased. How can I make it so that only the name is highlighted?

I still need the file extensions to be shown, I just don't want to have to change them as the default.
 

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When you press F2 to rename a file it highlights the entire file including the extension? That is odd because since Windows 7 it has been set to NOT include the extension when the file gets renamed, they did this because some users would rename a file and then it would not open as file extensions are how Windows associates what to open a file with. There are many people asking for what yours is apparently doing and selecting the entire filename in the highlight. So far I have seen no way to change this behavior, no registry setting etc.. odd that yours is doing that which some users want.
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When you press F2 to rename a file it highlights the entire file including the extension? That is odd because since Windows 7 it has been set to NOT include the extension when the file gets renamed, they did this because some users would rename a file and then it would not open as file extensions are how Windows associates what to open a file with. There are many people asking for what yours is apparently doing and selecting the entire filename in the highlight. So far I have seen no way to change this behavior, no registry setting etc.. odd that yours is doing that which some users want.
 
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