Computer related problem...abut rename of file plz help guys...!!!?

Question

When i am going to rename the file(any file) the message is opening that so i am enable to do rename of any file...plz help m what it the reason

Answer 1

In order to keep the extension unchanged try this out.



Open windows explorer. Go to tools. Open folder options. Under the view tab, search for an option which says Hide extensions for known file types. Just tick that box and apply settings. Now you can rename any file without affecting the extension of the file.



Hope it works for you.

Answer 2

Just make sure that you retain the extension when renaming the file. For instance, let's say you have a file called 'some file.txt'. The '.txt' part is the extension, and describes to the computer how that file is supposed to be used. If you try to rename it to the name 'another file', WITHOUT the '.txt' at the end, there will be no extension in the name. A file can absolutely exist without an extension, and will retain exactly the same contents it had before, but without the extension your computer will not know how to treat it if you attempt to open it. However, renaming it 'another file.txt', WITH the '.txt' at the end, means the computer still knows that it is a TXT file and will treat it accordingly. When you rename a file and try to get rid of the extension, your computer is giving you a warning that getting rid of the extension will cause the computer to not know how to treat the file. It's just a safety feature to make the system more idiot-proof.



Note that things can get a little more complicated, though. For instance, if you rename the file 'some file.txt' to 'another file.jpg', that is, change the extension of the file, then the computer may not give any warning, but will likely encounter an error when trying to open the file (because JPG files are encoded in a totally different way than TXT files). Similarly, sometimes a file may have a name like 'some file.txt.jpg', with apparently two (or even more) extensions on the end. In such cases, only the last extension is used by your computer, however under certain settings that one is omitted and all the rest are displayed in the name as you see it on your screen. Hackers sometimes use this fact to trick people, such as naming a file 'vacation photo.jpg.exe' and then getting someone to open it, since they may see 'vacation photo.jpg' and the '.exe' will be hidden to them, but still recognized by the computer. If you want to ensure that the file extension will always show on your screen, there are settings you can change to do that (and I highly advise doing it).

Answer 3

It just means, that if you change a "example.jpg" file to "example2", you've lost the ".jpg". That last part behind the dot is the file name extension, it indicates what kind of file it is: ".jpg" is an image format, ".doc" a Microsoft office word document, ".exe" an executable program etc. When a file has no extension, your operating system will not know how to open it when you open it from your file browser (by double-clicking it for example). You probably can still open it from the associated program, the data inside the file isn't lost.



The solution:

When renaming a file, just remember to keep the extension. Sometimes it is desirable to change the extension on purpose, and you can just click "ok" on that message.

Answer 4

Remember the original file extension. Don't change it.

For example:

rename "bob.cat" to "bobby.cat"

NOT

rename "bob.cat" to "bobby"



The file extension is the word after the dot and including the dot.



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Answer 5

actually the extension of a file does not matter at all.. u can try it..just give the extension of file as per ur name.. it will not create any prob.. just in opening time it will just show u to choose the program with which u want to open it...

Need Not to worry about.. just try it..

Good Luck..

Answer 6

I consider Aaron you will possibly desire to have replaced the alternative on the demonstrate visual demonstrate unit to exclude the extensions. They have been there all alongside yet you weren't seeing them earlier. it is not a deadly disease and you will possibly desire to shop the extensions there so as that residing house windows can become attentive to which application to apply to open the report with.

Answer 7

dont change the format name of the file which is always shows after the files name like;-xls,doc,ppt etc