Magic Launch Alternatives

Magic Launch is described as 'Preference pane that lets you customize the experience of opening files on your Mac. Open your files using the original application that created them or create custom rules to decide which application should open a file' and is a context menu manager in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to Magic Launch for Windows, .NET Framework, File Explorer and Mac. The best Magic Launch alternative is FileMenu Tools, which is free. Other great apps like Magic Launch are Types, Default Programs Editor, Winaero Context Menu Tuner and FileTypesMan.

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  1. FileMenu Tools icon

    FileMenu Tools

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    FileMenu Tools lets you customize the context (right-click) menu of Windows Explorer. The application adds built-in utilities to perform operations on files and folders and adds customized commands that let users run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or...

    44 FileMenu Tools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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    • FileMenu Tools is the most popular Windows alternative to Magic Launch.

    • FileMenu Tools is the most popular free alternative to Magic Launch.

    • FileMenu Tools is Freemium and ProprietaryMagic Launch is Paid and Proprietary
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    Types

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Types is the most popular Open Source alternative to Magic Launch.

    • Types is Free and Open SourceMagic Launch is Paid and Proprietary
    • Types is LightweightMagic Launch is not according to our users
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    Default Programs Editor

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
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    FileTypesMan

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    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.

    5 FileTypesMan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Gunners File Type Editor icon

    Gunners File Type Editor

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    Gunners File Type Editor allows you to you to create/modify various properties for file extensions. Each user can have different properties for a file extension. For example, the default program to open .txt files when you double click on a file with the .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. RCDefaultApp icon

    RCDefaultApp

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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     

    • RCDefaultApp is the most popular Mac alternative to Magic Launch.

    • RCDefaultApp is Free and ProprietaryMagic Launch is Paid and Proprietary
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