renaming or creating files making them unstaible and not recognized type on my computer?-(PLEASE!;see details)

Question

any and all files i rename or make new,(i.e.; notepad, jpg, jpeg, visio, microsoft office file saves, ABSALOOTLY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING even zip folders i try to creat to save disk space to store things more neat and compact like,) become unstaible after naming new one's or renaming them. i realy need help with this little annoyence as soon as i can so i can get back to work on my computer projects and keep a good staible income. its baffeling the **** out of me. tryed system restore, backups, its not a virus and it may have to do with the gina.dll file becuse i had a past problem with it,(details in a previous question posted about this particular issue, it will stand out if anyone was curious, if this helps.) system info; thinkpad x40, windows 98+, d.s.l. 100, warrenty is full and good but scencless to call about and its the first time this has happened, its been going on for almost a month. if you want to i.m. me about this or email mine is public and feel free,i just want it fixed

Answer 1

A couple of times I have saved my files without the extension on it. Make sure it is the extension that you want.



This also sounds like the extensions are becoming unregistered with Windows. This could be a big problem, since Windows won't know what program to use to open the file.

Answer 2

The other guys are taking about the last 3 letters of the file name after the last period. That's the extention. .jpg or .mov or .avi or .bmp They get registered in windows and associated with a program so you can just double click on a file, and windows knows what program to open it with.



If you have a file and you change the extention, the system wont recognize it as automatically belonging with a certain app. However, you can usually open the app (if you know which one) and then choose file open, then choose filetypes and under that, all files. Then find your file. You should still be able to open it even with the wrong extention. But the safe bet is on renaming it so the .xxx are the same as they were before you renamed it in the first place. If you don't remember, you may be able to guess if you know what the file was. Ask the question "What extension or extensions go with _____ file types?"



BTW, Mac has a different way of handling this. You can changethe name of a file and mac can still remember what program it goes with. If you need this feature, buy a mac.

Answer 3

When you rename files, make sure you preserve the extension, I.E. if it's a jpeg file named 'myjpeg.jpeg' rename it to 'yourjpeg.jpeg' not just 'yourjpeg'. Can you be more specific about 'unstable'?