Depending on available (Or case) sometimes prefer file terminations / extensions Windows be hidden or, on the contrary, displayed. But the process of Hide / show endings, Although simple, is not very fast, and sometimes it can be quite irritating. It would be much easier to add Show/Hide File Extension option in context MenuSo we are much easier to find / modify / hide (etc) file endings the computer? If you like the idea, then we recommend you follow these instructions.
How can we add Show/Hide file extension in Context Menu?
1. To make it possible to add this option in Context Menu must first create a script to execute action itself display / hide the endings:
- open a NotepadThen give Copy / Paste the following code in it:
FileExt = "HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedHideFileExt"
Set Sh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
St = Sh.RegRead(FileExt)
If St = 1 Then
Sh.RegWrite FileExt, 0, "REG_DWORD"
Else
Sh.RegWrite FileExt, 1, "REG_DWORD"
End If
Sh.SendKeys("{F5}")- save the file in C: (recommended) - or any other folder you want - and change its name to “Show_File_Extension_On_Off.vbs” (Including the quotes!)
This script will check the status option Hide extensions of known file types from Folder Options and will reverse its values (that is, if it is set to hide file terminations, the script will change its status to show terminations and vice versa).
2. To add option Show/Hide File Extension in context Menu do the following:
- open Registry Editor (type: regedit in Searchacquis in Start Menu and give Enter) And navigate to the path HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackgroundshell
- in the left pane, under shell, Create a new key you called Show/Hide file extensionAnd under this key in the right pane, create entry (String Value) HasLUAShield which does not give any value
- back left pane, under the key Show/Hide file extension Create New Key command
- then in the right pane (under command key) change input value Default in cmd.exe /c start C:\Show_File_Extension_On_Off.vbs (if you saved the "Show_File_Extension_On_Off.vbs" script in a folder other than C:, change this in the entry value Default - for example, if I saved the script in C: Users [user-name]The value will be changed cmd.exe /c start C:Users[user-name]\Show_File_Extension_On_Off.vbs, where [User-name] is your username)
- close regedit
After these changes you will notice that in context Menu (Right-click on any free portion on Desktop) Appeared and option Show/Hide file extension (Because endings appear / disappear, click on this option and then F5 press to refresh).
Note: Before making any changes to the system registries, it is recommended to make a backup of them (in regedit, click on File in the upper-left corner and select Export) to avoid possible problems.
