Filesextension.com Website Review

advanced features of this website require that you enable ja*ascript in your browser. thank you! all the file extensions on one website. help guide to know what is a file extension about and how can you open files from a specific format. a helpful information site that is dedicated to describing computer file formats and how they relate to formats mainly on. a computer filename extension is usually a three or more letters combination added to the end of file name and separated by a dot. character. it indicates the encoding convention (file format, file type) of its contents. operating system like microsoft windows registers and as*ociates it to a program(s). you can then by using some file manager (windows explorer, total commander, apple finder etc.) operate with file simple double-clicking at the file and you can view, open and edit, play, convert or extract desired file type specified. the operating system does default action based on registered file extensions, installed applications or custom user settings - by default, it runs default application. for example: by clicking on music file (usually mp3 ) it opens default player and play by default, windows is configured to hide file formats, the (usually three-leter) portion of the filename following the period. aside from creating a knowledge gap between experienced and inexperienced users, this feature also can make it difficult to differentiate files with to display at your windows follow these steps: - open my computer, and select folder options from the tools menu (or choose options from the view menu in windows 95). if you don't see horizontal top menu, pressing alt key may help to show it. - click on the view tab and turn off hide file extensions for known file types, and press ok. there are many types of files that have different formats. the format is the suffix located at the end of the file name, it is usually then we will group s by file types, clas*ifying them as follows: identify flat text files such as .txt and .log and rich text files such as: