Windows File Explorer offers a lot of options to change how you view files. What you might not know is that one important ...

File Extensions are important for an operating system as they tell about the file format. This article covers what are File Extensions and why are they important.

How to view file name extensions for a individual file on a Mac Navigate to the file that you wish to be able to see its extension.

To avoid being such an easy target, BleepingComputer points out that you need to change Windows 10 settings to enable the ability to view file extensions by default.

Microsoft hides file extensions in Windows by default even though it's a security risk that is commonly abused by phishing emails and malware distributors to trick people into opening malicious files.

That's all there is to it. All the files in the current folder will now display their extensions. To revert, simply unselect the same option in the View Options submenu.

Red Eye Rose received a file with a strange extension. She doesn't know into what program she should load it. Neither does Windows.

Learn how to view both HEVC and HEIF files on Windows 11/10. HEIF (High-Efficiency Image format ) is a file type for photos used by iPads and iPhones having iOS 11.