Files That Hide Their Extension

Author

John Hammond
May 13, 2024

Did you know that there are at least 16 file types in Windows that don’t show their extension by default, regardless of the “View File Extensions” setting in the Windows File Explorer?

  1. .accountpicture-ms

  2. .appcontent-ms

  3. .appref-ms

  4. .DeskLink

  5. .library-ms

  6. .lnk

  7. .MAPIMail

  8. .mydocs

  9. .pif

  10. .scf

  11. .searchConnector-ms

  12. .search-ms

  13. .settingcontent-ms

  14. .url

  15. .website

  16. .ZFSendToTarget