File Type Question

[Crown]

Something very annoying has happened. I downloaded a video but I can't play it, because the stupid morons named it as such;

happytimes.wmv.html !!!!

Anyone know how I can get rid of the '.html' part so that I can actually watch this stupid thing?

[Vympel]

Rename the file

[Crown]

Rename the file

That won't change the '.html' at the end though.

[Vympel]

erm- yes it will.

Just change the file view options so that it includes the .extension in the file name- i.e. so a word doc comes up as "word.doc" rather than just "word"

The system will warn you that making such a change may result in bad things happening to the file- ignore it.

[Xon]

To actually achive this:

Open any folder->Tools->Folder Options->"View" Tab-> Untick "Hide Extensions for known file types" Then hit "Ok"

Please, dont call back if you need help renaming the file

There are some cases were you *do* need help renaming the file due to explorer only supporting maxium file name size which is much much less than the OS limit.

Todo this, open the console(Start->Run->"cmd") and navigate to the location of the file.

Then type "dir /x", this will list the 8.3 version of the filename. Then type:
"rename <old 8.3 filename> <new name>" to rename the file.

This will rename a file which has too long a name for Explorer to handle.

[Crown]

To actually achive this:

Open any folder->Tools->Folder Options->"View" Tab-> Untick "Hide Extensions for known file types" Then hit "Ok"

Please, dont call back if you need help renaming the file

There are some cases were you *do* need help renaming the file due to explorer only supporting maxium file name size which is much much less than the OS limit.

Todo this, open the console(Start->Run->"cmd") and navigate to the location of the file.

Then type "dir /x", this will list the 8.3 version of the filename. Then type:
"rename <old 8.3 filename> <new name>" to rename the file.

This will rename a file which has too long a name for Explorer to handle.

Thanks to both of you!