From c433bdd45000527bde9d264fe186cae165c6a7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Sansone Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:53:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] (DOCS-10422): Added information on file extension visibility. --- source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt b/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt index 84c42bf9d8e..9cff2c36c51 100644 --- a/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt +++ b/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt @@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ enter the following command in either the :guilabel:`Command Prompt` or OS Version: 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134 System Type: x64-based PC +Make certain that you show set Windows Explorer to show file name +extensions for all file types. This can prevent issues where the file +extension that is shown is not the file extension that Windows +understands. + +.. example:: + + If Windows Explorer has known file extensions hidden, what may + appear to be ``mongod.cfg`` is actually ``mongod.cfg.txt``. + .. important:: Before installing MongoDB, update your Windows host with the latest From d6f2631426eb38bbdbb78292f62fa649b90a7071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Sansone Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:00:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated per @rkumar-mongo review. --- source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt b/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt index 9cff2c36c51..1199ed62246 100644 --- a/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt +++ b/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt @@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ enter the following command in either the :guilabel:`Command Prompt` or OS Version: 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134 System Type: x64-based PC -Make certain that you show set Windows Explorer to show file name +Make certain that you set Windows Explorer to show file name extensions for all file types. This can prevent issues where the file -extension that is shown is not the file extension that Windows -understands. +type displayed to the user differs from the actual file type. .. example::