Questions tagged [file-types]
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How to Register File Type in Windows/OneDrive for Content Searching?
I want to be able to search the contents of yang files, which are plain text files, but Windows doesn't seem to understand that. Is there a way to register file types so that Windows knows that it ...
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webp files not treated as "image" type in Windows Explorer context menu
I am trying to add custom items to the Windows Explorer context menu in Windows 10 & Windows 11 for image files. I want the custom items to appear (only) for all image types. As far as I can tell ...
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How to use Foremost to recover new file types of unknown footer?
How to use Foremost to recover new file types of unknown footer?
For Example:
File types of .PSD and .NEF.
"New file types" of foremost means:
The foremost software does not natively support ...
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What do black (dark grey) files in Debian represent?
I've been racking my brain over this one for awhile now. I have scraped the web and can't find an answer anywhere.
What are black (dark grey),font files/file-types in Linux, specifically Debian 12 ...
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What's the database format for WhatsApp Desktop for windows?
I'm trying to extract all of my WhatsApp messages with metadata for analysis, searching, graphing, e.t.c. Extraction of the Android database requires rooted access, so I'm trying to use the database ...
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How to change a single file type without affecting other file extensions in Windows 10 Pro?
I am attempting to set custom icons for a variety of file types. Those that I work with most so they stand out when looking through a list of files.
In this instance I have created special icons for ...
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How packages that does not contain executables actually works?
How do installers that contains only files like (.rsrc_1, [0], .rdata etc.) actually work?
Example:
For comparison:
I can imagine how installers that contains files like .msi, .cab work - they ...
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Unknown file extension, nothing helps. Help please?
All i know it is some kind of texture files, either contains textures of layers of something.
Nothing can open it, identifiers say it's .abr but none of the Photoshop versions could open it. Not CS2,...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to select files of same type in a folder with multiple files types in windows explorer?
Intended behaviour on Windows 11
After clicking on a desired file type for eg .csv; I press some key combination to select all csv files only in that folder. Folder may have multiple files with ...
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How do I select a standard app for PDF?
I want to select a certain app to open PDF.
However, when I search "Standard programs", and I find "PDF" and click it, I can not select my own app.
Instead, Windows only offers ...
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How can I remove web search results from spotlight?
I frequently use the command-spacebar command in the OS to search for something, independent of any application. As of installing MacOS Big Sur, I find that when I type in this spotlight context, the ...
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With Firefox, open .vi files from web pages directly with LabVIEW
I use Firefox (now 98.0.1; March 2022) and Windows 10.
In the recent past (i.e., Feb 2022), when I clicked on a web link to a vi, it used to open the file in LabVIEW directly.
Now, Firefox instead ...
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Audit Request for Complete List of Recognized Filename Extensions in FFMPEG FFPROBE FFPLAY
I understand FFMPEG has a list of supported codecs and some users will be tempted to dismissively handwave my request by telling me to do my own research on codecs. Those responses will be treated ...
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How to create multiple Windows file extensions with different descriptions but identical actions?
In Windows 7, is it possible to have different file extensions with unique description names, but all the same actions, without duplicating all the actions (for each extension) in the Windows registry?...
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Using Samba to bring files from Ubuntu Mate to Macintosh but some text files are turned into executables
I'm not sure if this is the best Stack Exchange to use, but the question concerns Mac, Linux and Samba.
I have a new-to-me Apple Macintosh laptop (MacOS 10.15.7 (Catalina)) and I am have set up Samba (...
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