re: 'Display file extensions' for all XP-home-edition Users
Monday, November 11, 2002 at 2:03 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jagged ben
(3536 messages posted)
This should work: copy the following into Notepad and save as a .reg file. Then
Merge the .reg file.
---begin---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
--end--
For any given user, this setting is kept at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
the HideFileExt string is set to 0 (no hide) or 1 (hide).
(Wasn't hard to find.)
Generally speaking, you can make a setting for any particular user the default for
new users by copying the key and data from
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
to
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\
(Makes a certain amount of sense, no?)
On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 8:35 am, Ondrej Bojar wrote:
>I know, how to Display
>my file extensions.
>
>But I wish set this by default for all the users defined in XP home edition, especially
>for the users with "restricted access", who cannot set this themselves (as they
don't
>have access to the specific Control Panel).
>
> Feel free to speak technically -- to an experienced *linux* user and kind of
root.
>I never wanted XP to appear on the machines.
>
> Thanks very much, Andrew.
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