Changing the name of a picture

[Khandro]

In 'my pictures' when I now try to rename a picture I get a message 'If you change the file name extension the file may become unusable are you sure you want to change it' if I say yes the picture disapears. I have just had a new computer and software installed and this was never the case before, I could always change the name without problem, any ideas please ?

[ChuckFickens]

the picture will be listed as picture.jpg and you shouldn't change the .jpg part as that is what tells the computer what type of file it is.

To be honest you shouldn't even be able to see the .jpg part, if you say what version of windows I'll post how to disable that.

[Old_Geezer]

The file should be still there. Maybe the order has changed and you need to scroll down to see the file ?

[ChuckFickens]

OH good point OG.... missed that part.

Also as it's in your my pictures folder you may have to change the view type to something other than filmstrip to see the files again, you can then rename them again and just put the .jpg back onto the end of the filename.

[VHG]

In Windows most files have two parts to their name. The first part is the file NAME, the second part the file TYPE.

An example is myholidaypicture.jpg.

"myholidaypicture" is the file name.

"jpg" is the file type (tells Windows it is a picture).

The default in Windows is usually to NOT display the file type (jpg or whatever).

It sounds as though that default has been turned off on your computer.

So you just need to remember if you rename a file only rename the FIRST part and not the SECOND part (jpg or whatever). Just leave the second part as it is.

The reason the file disappears from your list is that Windows thinks it is no longer a picture so will not show it in your list of pictures.

If you can find the file again I suggest you rename it by ADDING a .jpg back on the end (note there is a full stop before the jpg)