File extension taking over

[jc4d]

Hi all,

I have noticed that in explorer if the file extension is associated  to Affinity, the explorer stops showing the file extension and only reads Affinity Photo File.

Here is an screenshot with the *.jpg file associated to PhotoLine:

And here is the *.jpg is associated to Affinity:

As you can see the Type it should read JPG File but it just says Affinity Photo File and this misleads the user since there is no way to see what kind of file it is, I have to click in Properties to see it, which is not good.

Cheers,
Juan

[Alfred]

48 minutes ago, jc4d said:

explorer stops showing the file extension

Explorer isn’t showing the file extension, it’s showing the file type. For reasons best known to themselves, Microsoft chose to set ‘Hide extensions for known file types’ as the default display mode, but there’s a checkbox that you can clear to change this.

[jc4d]

Yeah sorry, I meant file type. But why it does it only if the file is associated to Affinity but not if the file is associated e.g. Photoline in this case?

[John Rostron]

It is probably due to how individual programs install themselves. Many programs appropriate the file type names for all the file types that it can open.

You need to change the way Explorer displays file extensions. Try this page for a how-to.

John