Microsoft KB Archive/71842

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File Icons in File Manager Do Not Match File Type

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Q71842

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
In File Manager, it may not be possible to view some documents with document file icons.

The four types of file icons are:


 * Directories
 * Program files
 * Document files
 * All other files

MORE INFORMATION
File Manager determines a file's icon based upon the three-letter extension of the filename, and whether this extension is listed on the &quot;program=&quot; line or in the [extensions] section of the WIN.INI file. Therefore, a file need not be a text file to have a document file icon.

Examples of some non-text files with document file icons are:


 * TETRIS.INI, which goes with the Microsoft Entertainment Pack.
 * MW.INI, which goes with Microsoft Word for MS-DOS.

CONFIG.SYS, which is a text file, does not have a document file icon.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.00a 3.10 3.1 3.11

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Issue type :

Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311