Modifying file extensions in Windows Mobile
All I wanted to do was change hello.cpp to hello.txt on my PDA. You would think that changing the file extension of a file on a windows mobile 6 device would be easy wouldn’t you? Well you would be wrong. The built in file explorer is useless – there is no way to even get it to see the file extension let alone change it.
Thankfully there is a solution – someone in the forums over at mobilitysite suggested that I take a look at the freeware (or possibly shareware – I am not sure at the moment) application – Total Commander. This looks very similar to the built in file explorer but has a lot more functionality – there is even a built in text editor! Needless to say – changing the file extension is now a straightforward thing to do. I recommend this package to everyone without hesitation.
I’m so glad to find this. I’ve been trying to edit php scripts on my pocketpc and couldn’t figure out why they didn’t work in explorer. Then I realized that the file extension was hidden although I was naming the file *.php but it was actually naming *.php.txt. No wonder it didn’t work! So I found your entry on the other forum before I found this one. Without it, my google woudn’t have hit anything! Installing now…
BTW, love the blog design.
Thanks for the comments – I’m glad you found it useful :)
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I had been hesitating to get it for some odd reason, but after some struggle to create python script, it has proven its value =]
Agree with ^^ ;]
thanks! now i’ve the chance to write any script here (^.^)/