I recently wrote an article on how to show file extensions, but some people have followed the instructions and file extensions are not displayed! This is extremely annoying because you went and changed all the settings, but nothing happens and you can not seefile extensions. Personally, I do not have this problem, but I'll show you where the parameters must be changed in the Windows registry.
File extensions are not displayed when you change the settings, just not on and I hope this tutorial can help you.
Please note: Edit the Windows registry, your computer will crash ifyou do not know what you do, so please proceed at your own risk.
File extensions not showing – How to check the registry?
1. Go to the start menu and type in regedit.exe. This will open the Windows registry. If you have Windows Xp you will have to choose run first, then type regedit.exe in. Or make a desktop shortcut to the registry.2. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER by clicking on the arrow to the left.
3. Now go into software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Explorer.
4. Now you will see the Advanced folder. Just click on this folder once and details will appear in the right pane.
5. Double click on HideFileExt in the right column and change the value to zero.
If the value is zero it means that it will not hide file extensions and therefore they should be showing. If the value is 1 as in the screen shot then the file extensions are not going to be showing.
You can also navigate to the right spot by using search in the registry.
File extensions not showing – Create a .reg file
This is kind of what a geek would do, make a reg file to add the 0 value in.All you have to do is open a notepad file and paste this into it:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced]
“HideFileExt”=dword:00000000
Next save the file as HideFileExt.reg instead of the usual text file extension. Then when you double click on that file it will add the ZERO value into your registry.
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