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How to show file extensions on Windows 10
To show file extensions on Windows 10, open File Explorer, click “View,” and check the “File name extensions” option. Or open “Folder Options” and clear the “Hide extensions for known file types” option. Alternatively, you can enable this feature from the Settings app or by using Command Prompt or PowerShell. UPDATED 11/13/24: On Windows 10, a file extension refers to the…
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How to show file extensions on Windows 11
To show file extensions on Windows 11, open File Explorer, then click on “View,” select “Show,” and choose the “File name extensions” option to show extensions. Another way is to open “Folder Options” and clear the “Hide extensions for known file types” option. Furthermore, you can enable this feature from the Settings app or by using Command Prompt or PowerShell.…
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Google to let businesses create curated Chrome Web Stores for extensions
Google has announced it will soon allow organizations to create their own curated “Enterprise Web Store” of company-sanctioned browser extensions for Chrome and ChromeOS, aimed at improving productivity, security, and management for businesses. The new store, planned to enter preview later this year, aims to provide businesses with a dedicated, curated environment for browser extensions commonly used in their organization.…
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Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon
Google’s Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company’s deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification. “This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn’t follow best practices for Chrome extensions,” reads the Chrome Web Store page for uBlock Origin. The warning includes…
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Microsoft Edge Will Warn You About Slow Extensions
Microsoft has announced a new feature in testing for its Edge browser that will warn you when your installed browsing extensions start slowing things down. Extensions are handy but sometimes can rob your browser of precious CPU cycles, making pages longer to load and impacting browsing performance. In extreme examples, a resource-hogging extension can make the browser crawl to a…
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