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    kgd523 Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 15, 2006, 10:37 AM
    Desktop shortcuts show .url extension
    Something happened after a long overdue update to cause a couple of the many shortcuts on a (Dell laptop) Windows XP desktop like Google to display the title: Google.url and a Popfile shortcut now reads: Popfile User Interface.url. If I delete the Google shortcut and try to make another one the same thing happens. If I try to rename it to just "Google" the icon is destroyed. What do I have to reset to be able to make shortcuts without that ".url" extension? Thanks.
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    Dec 28, 2006, 05:40 PM
    Open up my computer, then go to Tools> Folder Options> View, then Tick "Hide File Extensions for known file types"
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    Apr 21, 2013, 12:42 PM
    How to accomplish this in windows 7 which does not have My Computer window?
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