Patent ID: 7792881

Claim:
A method of managing file extensions in a digital processing system with a user interface and a plurality of files, each file having a name that comprises a filename and an extension, said method comprising: associating the name of a file with an indicator which is user selectable for said file, wherein the name of said file comprising the filename, and said indicator associated with the filename are stored in a memory, wherein said indicator is a bit, a file, an entry in a file, or an entry in a database, and wherein said indicator selectively indicates how to display the extension of said file without indicating how to display extensions of a remainder of said plurality of said files in said digital processing system; displaying the name of said file in the user interface in a style determined by said indicator; wherein said indicator in one state indicates hiding of the extension and another state indicates showing the extension, wherein the style is such that the displayed name contains the extension of said file only when said indicator is set for showing the extension of said file.