[Year 12 IT Apps] Show file extensions?

[Robert Hind]

I certainly prefer file extensions to be shown. 

OK so the kids do not do it at home, but it used to be that turning off  file extensions meant that if you received an email with an attachment kornikova.jpg.txt all you saw was the kornikova.jpg  As an innocent you opened the attachment and it ran as a script on your computer - viruses were/are spread this way. (Gee wasn't it different in the 8 + 3 days)

So let's "teach 'em right" and shame on Microsoft for even introducing that option.

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ex Traralgon and Ashwood



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Grimshaw" <grimshaw.andrew.j at edumail.vic.gov.au>
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" <itapps at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Show file extensions?


> we show file extensions and have not had many problems with this
> 
> better to teach em right that keep em in the dark i reckon
> 
> -andrew grimshaw
> colac college
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russell Edwards" <edwards.russell.t at edumail.vic.gov.au>
> To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" 
> <itapps at edulists.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:54 AM
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Show file extensions?
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> 
>>A quick question:
>>
>> Does your school have Windows set up for students to show them the  file 
>> extensions, or not?  What do you think about the policy?
>>
>> Ours doesn't show them the extensions. I can see why this may be less 
>> confusing for staff and students with low skill levels, however for  the 
>> better students it is probably _more_confusing. At times it's  downright 
>> annoying, for example when teaching them HTML and telling  them to guess 
>> the extension of an image they wish to include... not  to mention 
>> explaining to them why the file they saved from Notepad as  "page1" (.txt) 
>> doesn't  load up in IE the other "page1" (.htm) does.
>>
>> Interested to hear what other schools do.  While I'm at it, I'm 
>> frustrated by the lack of the right-click menu in windows explorer  for 
>> students, and also the blocking of Task Manager--- but I suppose  there 
>> may be security reasons for these.
>>
>> Russell
>>
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