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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.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • RU flagRussia

Platforms

  • Windows
4.6 / 5 Avg rating (5)
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6comments
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Portable
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  System Tweaker
  6.  Configuration

 Tags

  • system-utilities
  • system-customization
  • File Type

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  • r3v0000 liked Types
    6 months ago
  • TBayAreaPat reviewed Types  
    11 months ago

    This program is pretty similar to the program Default Programs Editor. They will both give you an easy way to do different actions with selected file types. I'm not sure which program I like better yet, though I think Default Programs Editor gives a cleaner, easier access to the file types, and may offer a broader range of action choices. One tipoff that Types is an older program is the reference to "Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) used in early versions of Windows. DDE allows programs to...

  • TBayAreaPat liked Types
    11 months ago
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Types information

  • Developed by

    RU flagEvgeny Strunnikov
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.6
  • Alternatives

    7 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Category

OS & Utilities

GitHub repository

  •  35 Stars
  •  6 Forks
  •  0 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 15, 2025 
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Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Types, and it has gotten 49 likes

Types was added to AlternativeTo by TF1743 on Nov 10, 2009 and this page was last updated Sep 9, 2022.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
gaosh13
Nov 25, 2018
1

Works well on windows 10

This tool is quite helpful to change the file association when default app settings are broken. Compared to regedit or system settings, it is fast and easy to use.

TBayAreaPat
Aug 5, 2024
0

This program is pretty similar to the program Default Programs Editor. They will both give you an easy way to do different actions with selected file types. I'm not sure which program I like better yet, though I think Default Programs Editor gives a cleaner, easier access to the file types, and may offer a broader range of action choices. One tipoff that Types is an older program is the reference to "Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) used in early versions of Windows. DDE allows programs to manipulate objects provided by other programs. DDE was partially superseded by Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), and is currently maintained in Windows systems only for the sake of backward compatibility." One star off for being old/confusing.

ahdung
Apr 21, 2023
0

The best tool for fix file associations.

corstar
Nov 23, 2018
1

Brilliant little bit of software. Something like this should have been default a decade or more ago.

For anyone unsure how to use it:

  • narrow down the file extension to change
  • double click to get properties window
  • go to actions tab
  • type open in the first field
  • select the application path in the third field
monovector
Jul 22, 2017
0

the link to this tool is offline...

used the "official Website" button.. and found it...

great tool... I was looking for an alternative for the extman tool... this one works fine...and ist open source...like it!

[Edited by monovector, July 22]

monovector
Jul 22, 2017

Found it ... the "official Website" button works perfectly fine!

Furgelnod
May 20, 2010
0

A portable and functional tool that does what it needs to do, edit file types. Not to mention it does it better than the cut-down association editors of Windows Vista and 7.

What is Types?

“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.

The software licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. source code avaliable by link: https://github.com/ystr/ystr.github.io/blob/master/types/Types.7z

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