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.exe etc...
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:52 pmby cloud9
Not sure if this is the right place but...
On my computer if I try to rename something it will be unstable if I don't put .exe or .jpg etc. next to it.
This only started the other day
Any ideas
Andrew
Re: .exe etc...
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:04 pmby WebbPA
Does the file actually become unstable or do you just get a warning that it may become unstable?
The warning is just Windows SOP, "We think you're too stupid to operate a computer so we're going to protect you from yourself."
My system has done this for as long as I can remember.
Re: .exe etc...
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:10 pmby cloud9
Does the file actually become unstable or do you just get a warning that it may become unstable?
The warning is just Windows SOP, "We think you're too stupid to operate a computer so we're going to protect you from yourself."
My system has done this for as long as I can remember.
no it becomes unstable and you can't open it
Re: .exe etc...
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:54 pmby WebbPA
You can't just rename a file with no extension or an incorrect extension and expect it to behave normally.
Open a new-text file.txt, type some garbage into into it and rename it new-text file (no extension). Do you see the warning? You should.
Now Send the file to to Notepad. Do you see the same garbage? You should.
Re: .exe etc...
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:54 pmby cloud9
It didn't do that before though and I've had this comp about a year
Re: .exe etc...
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Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:36 pmby WebbPA
Maybe it's SP2 but it's done that for me as long as I can remember.
Maybe I change file names more often than you do - I do it a lot and I'm used to it.
It's only a warning. If you rename file.txt to file.mp3 you should expect unstable results.
Re: .exe etc...
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Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:24 amby cloud9
no no instead of what I usually rename it to (e.g. fs9_readme) it makes me do fs9_readme.txt etc.
Re: .exe etc...
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Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:54 amby WebbPA
Windows gets uncomfortable when you try to create files with no extension or change extensions.
I often write batch files as .txt files so I don't accidentally click on Open instead of Edit. When I am finished and rename it .bat I always see the warning.
It won't force you to add .txt to the file name but if you try to open a file with no extension you will see the "Windows does not know what to do with this" dialog. Any time I see a file with no extension I just Send To notepad. I believe there is a way to make this the default action for any unknown or missing file type but I haven't bothered to implement it yet.
In summary, don't worry about it.