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Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions”

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject	Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions”
Date	2026-02-08 19:55 +0000
Message-ID	<mus80tF1318U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 06:51:57 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> It's pretty funny... an operating system that relies on file-extensions
> to determine operation, hiding the file extension.

It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't go out of their way to make turning 
on a view of the extensions so difficult. It's like the right click menu 
that you have to mess with the registry to get the uncastrated version.

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“To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-07 21:50 +0000
  Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-08 06:51 -0500
    Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-08 19:55 +0000
      Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-02-08 15:10 -0500
    Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-02-09 19:30 -0500
      Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-10 08:45 -0500
    Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Nick Charles - 2026-02-10 17:01 -0500
      Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-02-10 18:40 -0500
      Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-11 00:22 +0000
      Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-11 14:00 +0000
        Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-11 20:59 +0000
          Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 01:05 +0000
            Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-12 04:06 +0000
              Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-02-12 13:58 +0000
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        Re: “To protect themselves, organizations and PC users should set Windows to show file extensions” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-11 22:46 +0000
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