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How to enable extensions in windows XP???

I have windows XP professionall..

I want extensions to be enabled.

e.g. If we change a file name from "new.txt" to "new.htm" then it should work as a webpage..

Thanks in advance... correct option will score 5 stars...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    goto control panel

    open folder options

    click the tab view

    then uncheck hide extensions for known file types

    you can also open any folder on your pc

    then where the file, edit, view etc. tabs are click tool's

    then folder options

    clcik the view tab and once again uncheck hide extensions for known files

    just recheck the boxes to rehide the extensions!

    hope i helped!

  • 1 decade ago

    In any explorer window - Tools/Folder options, View, uncheck "Hide extensions for common file types", then apply to all folders (be careful iif you have different settings for other stuff for different folders specifically set - all settings for opened folder will be applied to all folders, not just this one).

    Also, if you simply rename txt file to htm, it will not act a a web page, because its contents will still remain those of text files.

    Rather, because web pages are interpreted differently by browser than text files are, and text file line breaks do not break lines in htm, common file will become hard to read :)

    You can create htm markup in text file manually or use some program for visual htm editing (there are many, I am not aware of those that are free)

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