Changing file formats in Windows 11 can be done via File Explorer for quick swaps. Command Prompt offers a trickier method to alter file extensions, but it must be done carefully. Compatible apps like ...

Have you ever noticed how your computer knows which program to open when you double click on a file? It doesn’t always know but most of the time it does. When it doesn’t know, your computer will ask ...

The default setting for Windows is to not display a file's extension, which is the last period in a file name followed by 2 or 3 letters. Therefore, when viewing files in Windows you would only see ...

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.

When we talk about file types, we talk about files containing data in a specific format for use by a particular program or programs. Windows Explorer lists file types in its Type column. For example, ...

File extensions are the characters that precede the last period of a file name. It helps us find the type of file we are trying to open i.e. whether it is an audio file, video file, or simply a ...