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If you have the "Show all file extensions" option enabled in Finder Prefereces, then when you press enter to rename the selected file in a window, the filename is highlighted but not the extension. This makes it easier to rename the file without changing the extension.

To rename the file and extension, press command-a before you type the new filename.

How Windows-y.
 
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