Questions tagged [filetype]
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How to correctly extract data from .ve file in Linux
I've got some files, from a vmware mnt partition, that end in .tgz.ve My problem is that I can't extract the data from them. When I run the file command on it file myfile.tgz.ve, all I get for the ...
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Something overwriting some settings set in HKCR for image files
What I'm trying to achieve: Change the file type description that is shown in the explorer file type column, when creating a new file etc.
What I tried to do but failed: Until now, I have been doing ...
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Associating filetypes without using absolute paths
I figured this would be easy both with ahk and cmd but I'm having some trouble.
What I'm trying to do is quite simple, I want to make a file to pre-configure the settings for my favourite video player....
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What is the difference between File Type and File Format?
I've some confusion regarding the File Type and File Format.
Is it that Document is a File Type and PDF a file format?
or Video is a File Type and MP4 is a file format ?
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'file' command: specifying search depth for 'search' option in /etc/magic file?
How can I specify how far/deep the 'file' command should search in a file to locate a match on a "search" definition ?
I am trying to create a universal specification in "/etc/magic&...
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What are HBAKED and HBAKED... files?
Whenever I notice my storage go down, I use WinDirStat to see what is taking up space. I have noticed that the WinSxS folder always takes up a lot of space. I looked deeper into the folder and saw a ...
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It's okay to download an XML with browser, but not with downloaders like wget
The link is https://api.bilibili.com/x/v1/dm/list.so?oid=162677333. When I download it with wget I get a binary file, and I thought it would be GZIP or deflate, which is often the web request case, ...
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What is kux file type and how to open it?
As the title says, I'm trying to open a couple files that are kux(there's one that's kux#). The origin of the files were from inner Mongolia, my friend traveled there and is now asking me how to open ...
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In Windows 10, what default behavior can I expect when a file extension association exists, but a File Type Open Command String has not been set?
Installation of Strawberry Perl 5.30.0.1 inspired this question. Users of Active Perl have reported problems with the <FileType>=<OpenCommandString> pairs created during the installation ...
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Windows 10 custom file icon
On previous editions of Windows there was a "File type" configuration page, where users could choose the default application for a given file type and also choose a custom icon, if the default one is ...
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How to find vscode installed path in ubuntu
I am trying to change the FileZilla filetype association and set vscode as default for any filetype. I couldn't find installed application path or executable file to give a path. How do I make vscode ...
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Different vimrc by filetype
As the title says: can I use different _vimrcs for different programming languages or filetypes? I have to use a lot of different programming languages for lots of different subjects, and for each ...
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Unable to set default program for .cpp file type [duplicate]
I'm using the latest edition of Windows 10 Home on a 64-bit computer.
I've been struggling to set the default program used to open .cpp files. At first, it was set to Notepad, but at some point I ...
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Is there any way to make Windows smart about different file types with same extension?
The problem is for .ts files which currently Windows identifies them as video format.
I want .ts files that are videos open with video player and .ts files that are TypeScript open with code editor.
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Cannot change file association in Win7Ent
I need to change file association for PDF's from Acrobat to Chrome via command line. There are specific business reasons for this. We run a VDI environment, and this script will be pushed via GP on ...
