How to Change File Extensions on Windows?
To convert the File Extension in Windows without any tool, the following methods should be executed. We will start with the process which will help to show the newly created files after changing the extension.
How to Change File Extension in Windows?
On Windows, there are different applications present to open each kind of file. For example, the Word Application can only open DOC files, and the PDF Viewer can only able to open PDF files, not DOC or PNG files. Applications mark any file as openable or not using one kind of pointer which is known as the Files Extension.
There are a lot of Windows File Extensions present like DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, PNG, HTML, etc. If you want to open a PPT File using any PDF Viewer, then you should Change the File Format from PPTX to PDF. To do so, you have to Rename the File Extension in that certain file to make a copy in the desired extension.
Methods to Change File Extension in Windows
- Method 1: Change File Type Using Rename Option
- Method 2: Change File Type Using Save As (Only for Documents)
- Method 3: Change File Type Using CMD
- Method 4: Change File Type in Bulk
In this article, we will discuss how to change file types on windows in no time.
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