File Icons in File Manager Do Not Match File Type

ID: Q71842

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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 "program=" 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

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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