scmartindale Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 It appears that files with ".MAG" as their extension have their extensions hidden in Windows Explorer regardless of the state of the "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" preference in Folder Options.These files are described as "Microsoft Office Access Diagram Shortcuts."Why does this happen and how do I stop it happening?(Honestly, after five years as a programmer, I have NEVER used an Office Access diagram and NEVER wanted to make a shortcut to one, either.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 It may fall under the same rules as regular shortcuts. Since whatever setting your Extensions option is on, shortcuts will still not ever show filename.lnk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrmex Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Just remove the NeverShowExt REG_SZ value located in the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Shortcut.Diagram.1Or run the following piece of script:reg delete "HKCR\Access.Shortcut.Diagram.1" /v "NeverShowExt" /f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmartindale Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Thank you. From your responses, I created the following .reg hack and stuck it in my hacks folder:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Shortcut.Diagram.1]"NeverShowExt"=-"IsShortCut"=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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