Tag Results For: File Extension

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Edit Right-Click Context Menu Of Any File Extension With ContextEdit

The right-click context menu of Windows is aimed at increasing the productivity of users by providing easy access to different file/folder related options. Apart from some general options like copy, cut, rename etc., it provides you with additional options related to the specific file type. The information required to recognize the file type and display [...] (more…)

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Identify The Extension Of An Unknown/Extensionless File With FiletypeID

Sometimes, we come across files that are without a file extension. In such cases, other than hit-and-trial (trying to open the file with different random software), there is no other way to identify the programs that can be used to open the file. The method can prove to be very time-consuming and inefficient, of course, [...] (more…)

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Hifito: Show Hidden Files & File Extensions Using Hotkeys

To identify different types of file formats from each other, Windows provides us with a different icon for each file type. For instance, a text file will have a different icon than that of a music or video file. However, not all file types have different icons. You cannot differentiate a TXT file from an [...] (more…)

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ManageNameExt – Manage Name, Extensions & Modification Of Files In Mac

Like other OS platforms, including Windows and Linux, Mac doesn’t offer a convenient way to rename files in bulk, change file extensions, and change the accessed and modified date and time stamps of files. How about an application which lets you do all such file specific operations in one go? ManageNameExt is a nice application [...] (more…)

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Unassociate File Types With Applications Using Unassociate File Types

Almost all file types in Windows are associated with applications. This association can be changed by right clicking on a file and selecting the required program from the “Open With” option. It can often be quite a hassle to disassociate files once they are tied to a specific program. As a system administrator I once [...] (more…)

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Organize Downloads According To File Types With Download Mover

Download Mover is a small yet ingeniously intuitive application to observe user-defined source paths for specific file types in order to move them to target folders. For instance, you can set Downloads folder as source path for separating applications, music, movies, compressed archive files to their respective; Apps, Music, Movies, and Archive folders. This way [...] (more…)

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Smart File Advisor Helps Open Unidentified Files In Windows

Smart File Advisor is an application that helps in identifying the programs that can be used to open an unidentified  file. It collects information about the file type and provides appropriate history of the extension along with the names of programs that can be used to open it via the Filefacts.net database. If a file [...] (more…)

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Change File Extension Shell Menu [Windows]

In Windows you can always show file extensions by going to Tools > Folder Options, View tab, and then unchecking Hide extensions for known file types. While renaming the file, you can now change the extension as well. (more…)