Hi

Can anybody help with this please? Every time I try to rename a particular
file I am getting a message that says the file may become unusable??? Dunno
what's going on here, hope somebody can shed some light, thanks!

Canoe wrote:
Hi

Can anybody help with this please? Every time I try to rename a
particular file I am getting a message that says the file may become
unusable??? Dunno what's going on here, hope somebody can shed some
light, thanks!

If the file's old name includes an extension that Windows "knows" is
associated with a particular program, then Windows (not Word!) will warn you
when your renaming will change the extension. It doesn't actually know
whether the file will become unusable -- that's something you'll have to
understand. It also doesn't mean the file will be damaged in any way; it
just means you won't be able to open it in the usual program by
double-clicking its icon. If you're sure you're doing the right thing, just
click OK when the message appears.

This is one of the reasons you should always display extensions in Windows
Explorer (which also displays them in various Save and Open dialogs). If
they aren't visible, open Windows Explorer, click Tools Folder Options
View, and uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types". IMHO checking
this by default was one of Microsoft's worst mistakes.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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