windowsnotepad

Extension-less File in Windows with Notepad

How to create a file with no file extension using Windows?

Solution

  • My extrasensory perception (ESP) is telling me that you are trying to create it using Windows Notepad.

    That is (I.e.):

    C:\My Documents> notepad myheader

    And Windows Notepad creates a file called "myheader.txt".

    You can do

    C:\My Documents> notepad myheader.

    (Note the dot after "myheader".)

    This creates a file without a file extension on Windows and with Windows Notepad.