Apps with 'File Type' feature

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  1. Types icon
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    “Types” is a free and lightweight utility for Windows that allows you to edit program associations, icons, context menus and other properties of various file types displayed in Explorer.

    Types screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are FileMenu Tools iconFileMenu Tools7 alternatives
  2. Matroska icon
     34 likes

    The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.

    Best alternatives are FLAC iconFLACandVorbis iconVorbis11 alternatives
  3. Default Programs Editor is a powerful but simple file association utility for Windows 7, Vista and XP. This free utility has three main functions: context menu editor, auto-play editor, and default programs association editor.

    Discontinued
    Default Programs Editor screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are FileMenu Tools iconFileMenu ToolsandTypes iconTypes8 alternatives
  4. FileTypesMan icon
     31 likes

    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.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    FileTypesMan screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Types iconTypes5 alternatives
  5. TrIDNet icon
     11 likes

    TRIDNet is the GUI version of TrID, probably more practical to use than the CLI version, especially for those not very familiar with the command line prompt.

    Discontinued
    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    TrIDNet screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are TrID iconTrIDandfile iconfile7 alternatives
  6. FileInfo.com icon
     8 likes

    FileInfo.com contains a searchable database of thousands of file extensions with detailed information about the associated file types. You can use FileInfo.com to lookup information about unknown file types and find programs that open the files.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Online
    Best alternatives are File-Extensions.org iconFile-Extensions.org3 alternatives
  7. file icon
     9 likes

    file is a standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file using magic numbers.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Best alternatives are TrID iconTrIDandTrIDNet iconTrIDNet8 alternatives
  8.  4 likes

    Are you looking for a fast and easy way to clean up your Window Explorer and Internet Explorer right-click (context) menu? Look no further. MenuMaid makes it simple! Just uncheck the items you don’t want to show up. Restore them at any time.

    MenuMaid screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Shell iconShellandEasy Context Menu iconEasy Context Menu12 alternatives
  9. Replacement for RCDefaultApp, written for macOS Sierra, in Swift 3.

    Discontinued
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    SwiftDefaultApps screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are 
    Duti
    andRCDefaultApp iconRCDefaultApp
    2 alternatives
  10.  1 like

    duti is a command-line utility capable of setting default applications for various document types on macOS, using Apple's Uniform Type Identifiers (UTI).

    It's the CLI analog to RCDefaultApps and SwiftDefaultApps

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    Best alternatives are SwiftDefaultApps iconSwiftDefaultApps2 alternatives
  11. RCDefaultApp icon
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    RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or higher preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers (or UTIs; MacOS 10.4 only).

    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    Best alternatives are FileMenu Tools iconFileMenu ToolsandTypes iconTypes9 alternatives
  12. MIMEView icon
     1 like

    This utility displays the list of all MIME types defined in your system. For each MIME type, information about the associated file extension and installed plugin is also displayed.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    MIMEView screenshot 1
  13. Identify files based on the libmagic database in your browser. HTML5/JS port of the "file" tool. No downloads, no installation and no uploads!.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Online
    Toolsley File Identifier screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are TrID iconTrIDandTrIDNet iconTrIDNet7 alternatives
  14. HexBrowser is a tool that identifies file types. It does not care about the file extension, but opens each file to look for signatures so it can determine the exact type of a file. It now recognizes more than 800 different file formats.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    HexBrowser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are TrID iconTrIDandTrIDNet iconTrIDNet7 alternatives
  15. Open Any File show compatible apps installed on your Mac and helps you to search on the web with the click of a button

    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    Open Any File screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are OpenWith Enhanced iconOpenWith EnhancedandOpen++ iconOpen++3 alternatives