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that sounds strange, since you have Notepad then I guess you are running Windows, which usually seems to work with file extensions to identify the files.. can y
by clort 10y ago
that sounds strange, since you have Notepad then I guess you are running Windows, which usually seems to work with file extensions to identify the files.. can you not see the extension?
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It seems that it would be possible to have special tools built and installed, which would claim the file types and have an icon with a 'no entry' symbol superimposed on the original type (ie Word icon with a red circle and line through it, for .doc etc..) .. the tool itself could be a simple program that just opened a notification saying '<tool> not installed'
- 13of40 10y ago> can you not see the extension If you see a file that's called "something.doc", can you tell whether it's a flyer for someone's holiday party versus another sample of that malicious RTF that's been going around this week? All the extension does is let Windows put an icon on it and dispatch it to the right application, and if the application supports multiple file formats it does the actual identification by the file header.