How To Change Your File's Extensions

Ah, it does not get better then this. A nice quick answer to a simple question "How do I change my files extension?" Whether you want to change a .txt to a .doc or anything else. Here is how:

First we have to change the annoying setting in our windows folder that does not allow us to do this to begin with.

Enable Extension Changing on Windows

Windows 98 and ME
1. Go to My Documents, or any folder for that matter.
2. Click View
3. Click Folder Options
4. Deselect the "Hide file extensions for known file types" option that will, by default, be checked.

Windows 2000 and XP
1. Go to My Documents, or any folder for that matter.
2. Click Tools
3. Click Folder Options
4. Deselect the "Hide file extensions for known file types" option that will, by default, be checked.

Yay! Now you can change the extensions to whatever you want! If your not sure on how to do this, just right click the file/program/Dynamic Link Library ;)/whatever (not shortcut), and click Rename. The extension is all of the letters after the period.

NOTE: You can change the extension of the program to whatever you want, but what the program or file is intended to do effects whether the determined extension will work or not.