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Help with Extensionless files can’t be previewed
Yesterday, I decided to rename some of my videos on here to help me better identify them. After doing so now my files say: "Extensionless files can’t be previewed" . I tried to restore them to the pr...
Just wanted to rename my files and now unable to get access.
When you renamed the files you likely removed the file extension (the three or four characters after the period in the file name; .docx, .jpg, .xlsx, etc.). That extension is what systems (your operating system, Dropbox, etc.) use to determine what application should be used to open or preview a file. Without the extensions, those systems have no idea what kind if file it is.
Put the extensions back on the files and you should be able to view/open them.
Changing the name should not have messed them up.
Not true. It will mess them up if you change or remove the file extension.
I can't re-add the files because like I stated they got messed up when I transferred from one portable hard drive to another one. The only place left that these files were, were on here.
Again, the only thing I did was change the name of the file. That is all. Nothing else. Changing the name should not have messed them up. And if that could mess them up then one should not be given the option to change the name of the file or at the very least a warning should come up explaining that it may make the files un-viewable.
The files worked perfectly prior to me changing the names of the files.
The link someone gave me above which ends in help167 is for how to share a file. It doesn't say anything regarding my situation with not being able to view my files. It will allow me to download it but then it is some bizarre file which when I try and upload on here it does the same thing and I get the error again. I needed a simple way to view these videos to use as evidence.
