Vista still hides File Extensions

[Kerp]

Huh !? File extensions are still hidden !? I thought that was a security
risk and a bad practice !? What's wrong with a little file extension anyway?
At a glance you know what it is without ambiguity.

 

[Guest]

Huh !? File extensions are still hidden !? I thought that was a security
risk and a bad practice !? What's wrong with a little file extension anyway?
At a glance you know what it is without ambiguity.

A bad practice, yes. But let's weigh up the options.

Firstly, from a dummy's point of view, what is an extension? Nothing really.
Who cares that a document ends in DOC (or for 2007, DOCX/DOCM), I just wanna
open up my letter to Aunt Jane so I can tell her to send a batch of her
famous chocalate chip cookies with her next letter before I forget.

Secondly, when they are renaming it, they usually forget the extension. The
result is that they can't edit it anymore.

I always turn extensions back on again, but that's because you and me know
what we're doing.