renaming files problem and editing system files

I renamed a number of text files in the root of drive C:
and have just been working at the command prompt and
noticed that each of these text file now has two file
extensions (e.g. "filename.txt.txt").

How might this have happened?
How can I solve it and
How can I stop it from happening again in the future?

Secondly, I want to edit some of my system files (such as
config.sys). I've just opened the root of drive C: in My
Computer and the files have somehow disappeared.

Where have they gone and how do I get them back?

"tony" wrote in message
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I renamed a number of text files in the root of drive C:
and have just been working at the command prompt and
noticed that each of these text file now has two file
extensions (e.g. "filename.txt.txt").

How might this have happened?
How can I solve it and
How can I stop it from happening again in the future?

TXT files do nothing (not being EXE files) and you
can rename them at will or move them to any
convenient place for storage.

Secondly, I want to edit some of my system files (such as
config.sys). I've just opened the root of drive C: in My
Computer and the files have somehow disappeared.

Earlier posts suggest this behavior is often cured by
clicking the keyboard Plus + key in the right side panel.

Post back here with results.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

I renamed a number of text files in the root of drive C:
and have just been working at the command prompt and
noticed that each of these text file now has two file
extensions (e.g. "filename.txt.txt").

How might this have happened?
How can I solve it and
How can I stop it from happening again in the future?
Open My Computer, goto Folder Option, and disable "Hide
File Associations for Known File Types"

Secondly, I want to edit some of my system files (such
as
config.sys). I've just opened the root of drive C: in My
Computer and the files have somehow disappeared.
Goto Folder Options again, this time change Hide
System/Hidden files to Show All Files.

^_^ Hope this helps.