Step 1: Open the Start menu, type in command prompt, and click on Run as administrator on your right to open it with admin rights. With Command Prompt, you can change the file extension settings for every user on your PC if you’re logged in with an admin account. While the above methods are simple, they only change the file extension preference for the current user.

Step 2: In the View tab, under Advanced settings, uncheck ‘Hide extensions for known file types’ to view extensions. Step 1: Open the Start menu, type in file explorer options, and press Enter. Tweak Folder OptionsĪlternatively, you can take the old-school route of using the Control Panel to view or hide the file extensions on Windows 10. When marked, you’ll be able to see file extensions at the end of filenames and vice versa. Now under Show/hide, mark the checkbox that reads File name extensions.

Press Windows key + E to launch File Explorer and switch to the view tab to view file extensions. Probably the easiest way to show or hide file extensions on Windows is by using the File Explorer’s ribbon interface.

File explorer how to view file types