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How to automatically recover lost file extensions?
We're recoverying bunches of data from a crashed partition of which we had no backup, using a data recovery software. Files are getting recovered, but file names are lost.
Is there any software or ...
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How do I dissociate a program from a file type?
If I have a file.class and I opened it with Notepad, how do I destroy that association so that Notepad is not associated with .class? I do not want to change the .class association to another program ...
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Show/hide extension of a file through OS X command line
I'm looking for a way, via terminal, to change whether or not a specific file's extension is shown in the Finder, something along the lines of:
$ hideextension ~/music/somesong.mp3
Without having ...
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How does a file have NO EXTENSION?
Take for instance:
cat /etc/passwd
Why doesn't this file have an extension such as .txt, .dat, etc? Or does an extension exist, but it's just being hidden?
Does this apply strictly to Unix-like ...
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Is there a tool that can determine the file type from containing data?
I sometimes get files from my clients that have the wrong file extension. For example, the name is image.jpg but the file is actually a TIFF image. In many cases I can clarify it by opening the file ...
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How to change extensions?
In Windows 7, I want to change an .ai (Adobe Illustrator) file extension to a .pdf extension...How do I do this? I have tried renaming the file, but Win7 still thinks it is a .ai file...how do I ...
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How to set the default program for opening files without an extension in Windows?
How to set the default program for opening files without an extension in Windows?
