Harold Fuchs wrote: > 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. > > This is why I often tell people to enable automatic file extensions. Unlike Linux and OS/2, dunno 'bout Mac, Windows requires the file extension to know what to do.
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