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what is the command line to delete shortcuts
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Dennis
File Explorer has columns called 'Name', 'Type' etc
Under NAMES it shows my truncated entries.
Under TYPE it shows 'Shortcut'.
My system is x32Win10ProV22H2
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Try3
As I wrote to Dennis
under NAMES File Explorer lists my truncated entries
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As I said, you had not done what you thought you had done.
The file extensions had not been deleted.
Hiding the file extensions [see Les' diagram] is not deleting them.
Denis
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Megahertz
'I don't know why MS set Explorer to hide extensions by default.' It did NOT. I was the one that deleted the extensions.
I saw your correct suggestion after I had tried and succeeded with Ben Myer's
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I did NOT change the setting for 'hide' - in any case 'hiding' applies to the entire entry, not just the extension.
I DID manually truncate all those entries by DELETING the extension.
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A DEFAULT install of WIndows, for several versions, has the file extensions hidden, they can be shown by a change in File Explorer's Options on the toolbar. I show them as I'm old school, first computer in '92 with MS-DOS 5 and Windows 3.1. The downside of not showing extensions is one can see or apparently have 2 or more files of the exact name but not be aware they are different types, e.g. can have mytestfile.txt and mytestfile.exe. Can't have 2 or more files of the exact same name in a folder, one has to be slightly different, so seeing 2 names is a automatic clue that the 2 files are different. Showing the extension is extremely helpful in file management. Clicking a heading of any column in File Explorer can rearrange the listing, ascending or descending, good for getting things in groups.
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Try3
MY MISTAKE to say that the entries and not the extensions are hidden.
However - I did NOT change the 'hide' settings, and I DID delete the extensions.
In Folder Options; View tab 'Show hidden files, folders and drives' is selected - and has been for years.
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Berton - I'm with you 100%, and was also a Windows 3.1 user.
And since you mention DOS - my favourite Word processor is STILL Word Perfect for Dos v5.1+,
but I do use WORD where it has a desirable feature that Word Perfect lacks - that does not happen often.
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No, you did not.
I am trying to help you understand what you did & did not do.
The command
only deleted files that had the file extension .lnk and no other files.Code:C:\folder\folder name\*.lnk
And you said that command worked.
Therefore, you had not deleted the file extensions.
And you said
which also demonstrates that you had not deleted the file extensions.
Denis
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