The standard Vista settings normally hide known file extensions. However, this can be very dangerous, especially for unknown files. We will show you how to activate this option!
[By Raimund Machacek]
Proceed as follows to bring more clarity to the Explorer and to display file extensions:
Open the computer browser by double-clicking on the computer icon on the desktop.
Now press the „Alt“-button and now click on „Extras->Ordneroptionen->Ansicht“. Now deactivate the item „Erweiterungen bei bekannten Dateitypen ausblenden“.
