# Cant save as PDE

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [October 7, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205 "2018-10-07T02:47:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BigZi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BigZi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/BigZi)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205/1 "2018-10-07T02:47:29Z")

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i am required to submit this project as a pde file but my codes only saves as the name i gave it. I do not see the pde at the end. Can someone please help me out.

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205/2 "2018-10-07T05:00:52Z")

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if you use the processing ( 3.4) IDE and are in [Java] mode  
and give a name “MY\_SKETCH”  
there will be in your **SKETCH\_DIR** a  
**SKETCH\_DIR/MY\_SKETCH/** directory and inthere the pde file  
**SKETCH\_DIR/MY\_SKETCH/MY\_SKETCH.pde**

to transport that you need to copy directory and file ( like to a usb stick )  
**/MY\_SKETCH/**

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**Author:** ![BigZi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BigZi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/BigZi)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205/3 "2018-10-07T05:37:57Z")

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I dont quite understand what you mean there. I saved as the lines of code to my desktop, the folder is there and then processing is there but i dont see .pde. I very new to this as i just started to learn it.

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**Author:** ![neilcsmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/neilcsmith/32/144_2.png) [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205/4 "2018-10-07T07:32:23Z")

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Are you on Windows? IIRC the default behaviour of the Windows explorer is to hide the dot extension (.pde) and only show the name. There’s a setting somewhere that changes that so you see the full name of all files.

If I understand you correctly you have what you need.

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**Author:** ![BigZi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BigZi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/BigZi)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-save-as-pde/4205/5 "2018-10-07T16:08:12Z")

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wow. Thanks you so much. I did not think of it that way. I feel so stupid ahaha. Thank you again