How To Change File Type / Extension In Windows 7

As a web developer, i frequently change file type and/or extensions. for example, changing an HTML document to PHP or changing an image from JPG to PNG. this i simply by changing the file extension.
Say i want to change an HTML file with name “index.html” to a PHP file, all i need to do is rename it to “index.php”. same goes for changing a JPG to PNG, Doc to TXT e.t.c.

By default file extensions are conspicuously excluded from file names making the changing of file types via extension renaming impossible.
To enable visibility of the file extension in file’s name, follow the steps below;

  1. Open your windows file explorer, navigate to any folder, for example “My document”
  2. Click on the Organize tab at the top left corner then Folder and search options. Organize tab - windows file explorer
  3. On the “View tab” uncheck Hide extensions for known file types, Click the Apply then OK button.
    Enabling file Extension visibility
  4. Now that file extension is now visible and included with file names, you can now change file from one type or form to another by changing the extension.
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