FAQ: File Extension Issue - File Open/Save Dialogs

[Claudia Frank]

Editor’s Note: This FAQ entry was written some years ago. A more up-to-date FAQ entry, which includes the differences for more recent versions of Notepad++, can be found as FAQ Desk: Automatic File Extensions

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Notepad++ can be configured to use either the old fashioned dialogs like

and

or the new way of doing it like

and

In order to get the dialogs of your personal choice you can goto
Settings->Preferences->Default Directory and check/uncheck the related box.