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14 questions linked to/from How can I determine file type without an extension on Windows?
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How do I find out the file type without an extension? [duplicate]
After recovering my HDD, I ended up with a lot of files with no extension. Many of them are .bin files.
Is there any way to find out what file format they actually are?
Many of them have no ...
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Identifying File Type of a File without extension [duplicate]
I have a quite a large file (>50gb) that has no file extension and is possibly encrypted. I created this file a while ago, but I accidentally removed the extension but I think it is possibly a ...
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How can I find out what kind of file this is? [duplicate]
I have this file, and I have absolutely no idea what kind of file it is.
When I open it in Notepad++ it reads as
ð X döS
or
How can I figure out what this is, and how to modfiy it?
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Detecting the type of a media file [duplicate]
How do I detect the file extension of a media file missing its file extension? I accidentally removed it.
Self-Answer. The question has been asked already here and here, but the questions have been ...
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finding image format [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a tool that can determine the file type from containing data?
How do I find out the format of a picture on windows 7? If i right click on the picture and check the ...
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Find MS Word docs by contents, not by extension [duplicate]
I believe there are MS Word docs on a Windows 10 system, but that their extensions have been changed to hide them. How can I search the file system, looking at file contents, not extensions, to ...
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How to run `file` in powershell? [duplicate]
There's a program called file in my laptop's post BSD OS.
How to run a similar utility, in Microsoft PowerShell?
This is a bit hard to search, so I guess some experts exchange is required here.
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How to convert an unknown file to MP3?
I'm having trouble converting an unknown file type into MP3 so I can play it on VLC.
If I drag and drop it, it plays fine, but when I open it and attempt to choose VLC as its program, the "Always ...
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How do I open a file with the file extension “FILE?”
From time to time someone sends a file that comes in the extension of .FILE. How do I change this or open this?
I think they might be using Microsoft Word or something like at the office. I don't ...
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Find out database type from files
How can I find out database type in order to examine data when all I have is the database. By database I mean the database folder under program root folder with bunch of files around database.db file?
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How to batch rename files based on file header/metadata in Windows?
I have a directory full of randomly named files of different types, all with no file extensions. Most are images, with some videos, and some plaintext. I've used one of the Windows versions of file to ...
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How can I detect if the extension of a file has been modified?
For example I have picture1.JPG then another user of my computer change the extension from picture1.JPG to picture1.PNG, I am sure that in most cases it will work. My question is this, is there a way ...
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Cannot extract file using “tar.exe -xvf” on command line but GUI can open the archive file?
I have a tar file that cannot be opened using the command below.
tar.exe -xvf filename.tar
The error given is:
tar.exe: Error opening archive: Unrecognized archive format
However, when I use the UI(...
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How do I open a BDC file?
I have a file with a .bdc extension.
I've read that it's some kind of dictionary file, but I have no clue what software I can use to open it.
Can someone help me out?
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