Go back and look for 'hide extensions for known file types'.
"Felix" <Felix@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After re-installing Windows XP all the names of the files have their
> extensions attached (e.g. .xls, .doc, .jpg).
>
> I'd like to have them without but cannot find anything in the Folder view
> option.
>
> Thank you for your help.
> --
> Felix