Actually, people should never have Windows extensions turned off. It's dangerous not to be able to see the actual extension of a file you might double-click, thinking it will open a program like a graphic viewer for example when it might actually be an exe file that executes some malware. For a company that touts Security like Microsoft does, being able to hide extensions was one pretty stupid move.ehume wrote:PSP should have a warning to users: turn on Windows extensions (.jpg, .png etc.) to see image extensions in PSP. I have seen more than one thread about this in around 2 months.
Windows File Extensions
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Windows File Extensions
I agree with you wholeheartedly: all my computers have this "functionality" turned off. But note I said "turned off." Windows 7 and Windows 10 come with invisible extensions -- by default they do not show filetypes.JoeB wrote:Actually, people should never have Windows extensions turned off. It's dangerous not to be able to see the actual extension of a file you might double-click, thinking it will open a program like a graphic viewer for example when it might actually be an exe file that executes some malware. For a company that touts Security like Microsoft does, being able to hide extensions was one pretty stupid move.ehume wrote:PSP should have a warning to users: turn on Windows extensions (.jpg, .png etc.) to see image extensions in PSP. I have seen more than one thread about this in around 2 months.
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Reason: Split topic from Wish List topic to keep the Wish List discussion free
Reason: Split topic from Wish List topic to keep the Wish List discussion free
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