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  • 23-07-2003 3:53pm
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    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭


    I've got this 600mb file on my system but it doesn't have any extension, so I don't know what it is. I would open it in Wordpad but I don't think XP would like me to open a 600mb text file!
    So, I'm just wondering if there is anyway I can find out what this file is?
    It may be that it never had one but the thing was created by something!
    I remember a proggie in Win 95 & 98 called Quikview that could tell you the basic details of a file but it doesn't seem to come on XP.
    Any ideas anyone?


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    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,508 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    you can download a program called quick view plus from www.download.com its quite a big download at 21.6mb though.


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    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Whats the name of the file?


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    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    deigemheok, which tells me nothing! Right-click and Summary also shows nothing. I'm sure there a way of reading the file with some program (like quikview) which can tell you what type it is, or what the extension was originall


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,761 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    I'm still miffed that mirror didn't make it into Dos 6 .....

    a) notepad (s****** s******)

    b) start run cmd
    type bigfile | more (pipe symbol)
    type bigfile > start.txt - and then press ctrl-Z (be quick) - notepad will show the start of the file

    c) For those with older versions of windows and Quickview installed from add/remove programs the following will make it a right click option for every file :)

    REGEDIT4
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\QuickView]

    see also
    http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win2000/r1039622489
    note: many replies later - this "The method I used to get it working under W2K did not work for WinXP."

    search on m$ site for "quikview XP" - nada
    change it to "quickview XP" - only one hit and it's a reg entry for winfax....
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293041


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