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girishpongalil
2006-03-06, 10:01 AM
When you are browsing through AutoCAD dialog box (commands open, save etc) it will show you only *.dwg files. If you want to know what other file formats are there in that folder, you can type " *.* " in File Name edit box and Enter, instead of going to the same folder thru Windows Explorer. Select the file and right click. Choose "open" instead of "Select". Which will allow you to open any file types with specific program assigned for viewing that.

Mamma Jamma
2006-03-07, 02:24 PM
I tried this. It also works in Excel, word, and, I imagine, other programs. Nice tip!

t1ryaki
2006-03-31, 04:38 PM
nice tip...
thanks

jph.charbonneau
2006-03-31, 05:42 PM
This is an old dos trick, " * " means "all", and it should work in about evey Microsoft OS, shell and others stuff