Description
FileTypesMan is an alternative to the 'File Types' tab in the 'Folder Options' of Windows. It displays the list of all file extensions and types registered on your computer. For each file type, the following information is displayed: Type Name, Description, MIME Type, Perceived Type, Flags, Browser Flags, and more.FileTypesMan also allows you to easily edit the properties and flags of each file type, as well as it allows you to add, edit, and remove actions in a file type.
System Requirements
This utility works on any version of Windows from Windows 98 to Windows 7. For using this utility under Windows 98/ME, you must download the non-Unicode version. For using this utility under x64 system, you should download the x64 version.Known Issue In Windows 98/ME
In some Windows 98 machines, an exception with CDFVIEW.DLL is occurred when starting FileTypesMan. To avoid this problem, go to the Options menu, and choose the 'Don't Load Icons' option. After that, FileTypesMan should work properly, but without displaying the icons according to file types.Start Using FileTypesMan
FileTypesMan doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, simply copy the executable file (FileTypesMan.exe) to any folder you like, and run it.After running it, you should wait a few seconds until the file types list is loaded. If the loading process is too slow, it's recommended to turn off the icons loading (Options->Don't Load Icons in menu), so in the next time that you run FileTypesMan, the loading process will be faster.
The main window of FileTypesMan contains 2 panes. The upper pane displays the list of all extensions/file types registered on your computer. When you select a single file type in the upper pane, the lower pane displays the list of all actions of the selected type.
'Replace File Type For Selected Extension' option (F4)
Sometimes, when you install a new software, it automatically replaces the file types associated with various file extensions. This means that when you double-click the file, the new installed application is opened, instead of the old one. The icon of the extension is usually also replaced to the icon of the new application.The 'Replace File Type' feature allows you to set the file extension back to the original file type. In order to do that, select the desired file extension in the main window of FileTypesMan, and press F4. You'll get a long list of available file types on your computer. Find and select the previous file type that handled the extension, and choose 'Ok'.
Desktop Refresh
Each time that you make a change in the properties of a file type, FileTypesMan automatically initiate a general desktop refresh, so your changes will take affect immediately, even for opened Explorer windows. However, on slow computers, this desktop refresh might consume a fair amount of CPU resources, and even hang the entire operating system for a few seconds. If you want to avoid this desktop refresh on every change that you make, simply disable the automatic refresh, by unchecking the option under the following menu: Options->Automatic Desktop Refresh.You can always initiate a desktop refresh when you need it, simply by selecting 'File->Refresh Desktop Now' from the main menu.
Sending extension information to extension.nirsoft.net
extension.nirsoft.net is a Web site that allows you to find out which programs can open a specific file extension.If you want, you can add the extension information stored in your computer into extension.nirsoft.net Web site, by using the 'Send Report to extension.nirsoft.net' option under the Help menu.(Ctrl+F9).
For more infromation about how to submit your extension information, read here
Command-Line Options
| /stext <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into a regular text file. |
| /stab <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into a tab-delimited text file. |
| /scomma <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into a comma-delimited text file (csv). |
| /stabular <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into a tabular text file. |
| /shtml <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into HTML file (Horizontal). |
| /sverhtml <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into HTML file (Vertical). |
| /sxml <Filename> | Save the list of types/extensions into XML file. |
| /sort <column> |
This command-line option can be used with other save options for sorting by the desired column.
If you don't specify this option, the list is sorted according to the last sort that you made from the user interface.
The <column> parameter can specify the column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, and so on) or
the name of the column, like "Type Name" and "Extension".
You can specify the '~' prefix character (e.g: "~Extension") if you want to sort in descending order.
You can put multiple /sort in the command-line if you want to sort by multiple columns.
Examples:
FileTypesMan.exe /shtml "f:\temp\types.html" /sort 2 /sort ~3 FileTypesMan.exe /shtml "f:\temp\types.html" /sort "Extension" |
| /nosort | When you specify this command-line option, the list will be saved without any sorting. |
Translating FileTypesMan to other languages
In order to translate FileTypesMan to other language, follow the instructions below:- Run FileTypesMan with /savelangfile parameter:
FileTypesMan.exe /savelangfile
A file named FileTypesMan_lng.ini will be created in the folder of FileTypesMan utility. - Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
- Translate all string entries to the desired language. Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site. (TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be used in the 'About' window.
- After you finish the translation, Run FileTypesMan, and all translated
strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run FileTypesMan without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.
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