Can I edit the Type column on Windows Explorer?

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Paul Black said:
    I have just received a reply to my email from VideoLAN [VLC] saying that it can be changed and they will look into it .
    That is GREAT news! Showing the file extensions is not useful to me as they cannot be sorted accordingly. They still get sorted as one and the same type of file. Thank you Paul!
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  2. Posts : 6,021
    Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit Vista HB SP2 32-bit Linux Mint 18.3
       #12

    Hi Twoboots,

    Twoboots said:
    That is GREAT news! Thank you Paul!
    You're welcome.

    I wouldn't like to hazard a guess of how many people use VLC and have done so for years.
    I must admit that I am suprised that after the new version was released nobody had questioned the change in file type. Perhaps people haven't noticed it [I don't see how though] or just accept the fact that it is the way the software now works.
    As my old man always said to me, "If you don't ask you don't get!".
    If they do manage to find a solution, I know that I will welcome it, as I am sure many others will too.
    If they notify me that a new release is available that accommodates the change I will post the update and reply here.
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  3. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #13

    Strange thing is that the first thing I do in any new windows install is to switch on file extensions view, I come from an industrial background where files would be created in many formats with the same main body name so the extensions being visible were an essential, and have kept with the system - the main reason is the the extension appears in all the views possible in Windows file manager.

    The main use these days is due to the way I name my Images - the file name is always the full date and time of capture EG 2018-06-11.12-30-59-3.DNG The -3 means its the third image taken in that second .DNG is a digital Negative format from Adobe.

    The internal metadata allows me to totally control how I look at the file in Lightroom, (even windows shows the metadata in the details tab), so I can group the files by hundreds Millions of different combinations, and find any particular file quickly using a layered search of Metadata

    I will often process the one image into different formats for their final use, these retain the filename as some formats do not retain the full metadata, and I can include the filename in searches to collect files together as a group

    I also use MediaMonkey to store my media which allows you to add internal metadata to Video and Music files, this can be manipulated far more efficiently than file manager allows, it comes with it's own built-in playback tools but may be set-up to play in your favourite players
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