2009/3/13 Dotan Cohen <[email protected]> > > When you double click a file it's the extension > > that Windows looks as to decide which program to run. > > > > Does Windows have a tool which looks at the file headers to determine > file type? On Linux the tool is called "file" strangely enough. >
Not as far as I know although I suppose that if you installed something like cygwin ... I googled "Windows determine file type" (sans quotes) and got any number of interesting looking responses. So there may be something out there that is "lighter" than cygwin. The first entry is http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/file.htm which really does look promising as, apart from anything else, its free and from Sourceforge, always a good sign IMHO. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
