Solve : New File Extension Portal?

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Answer» Hi, Found a new file extension portal at www.File-Extension.com that I found really easy to navigate.spam?Maybe... Depends what you mean by spam. It is an alphabetical index of common DOS, Windows, Mac and Linux file extensions, with a little bit of information about each one, ARRANGED so you can view the information for each extension on its own page. As well as their library of extensions, they also do a similar thing for Windows processes and DLLs. For example, this is what it has to say about the .RAR file extension Quote Format and name: Roshal Archive File .RAR is a data COMPRESSION, storage and transfer file format. These files can be uncompressed using a range of available programs, using the proprietary RAR algorithm, however the most common windows package is WinRAR (shareware). An archive compressed using the RAR or WinRAR file compression programs might be divided into smaller files, which, in turn, might be labeled with the extensions .R00 through to .R99. So far so good. Each extension has its little explanation. Underneath that, for every extension, you get this message: Quote Windows Cannot Open RAR [or whatever the extension is] Files? If Windows cannot open RAR you may not have the appropriate program installed or have a registry related error. We strongly recommend you run a free registry scan. "run a free registry scan" is a blue underlined link. Underneath this, on every RESULT page you see this fairly helpful text Quote File Extensions Put simply, the file extension is represented by letters which follow the full stop of a filename. The file extension IDENTIFIES what program, or type of program, the operating system should use to properly view or execute the contents of the file. As such a file extension is part of a file's metadata which can contain, along with the extension, a range of information (including, for example, the creation date and file size). A point of particular note, when examining files, (particularly those received via email) is that that Windows does not necessarily list the file extension when naming the file. The problem here is that a person might receive an innocent seeming file called, say, readme.txt, without realizing that the file is actually executable with the full file name readme.txt.vbs. This trick was a common one used to transmit Internet worms and viruses to unsuspecting recipients. You don't have to sign up for anything, there are no popups, and it has not tried to run any scripts. You don't have to take the free scan if you don't want to. The site seems to be provided by Uniblue, formerly Liu Utilities, who market paid-for SOFTWARE such as RegistryBooster 2 SpeedUpMyPC 3 SpyEraser WinTasks 5 WinTasks 5 Pro WinBackup 2 WinBackup 2 Pro WinBackup 2 Server I don't suppose the OP put that message up out of the goodness of his heart, but the advertising "come-on" is pretty gentle compared with some sites I have seen, and there is some fairly useful information there. Nothing you couldn't find out elsewhere, but quite handy to have all in one place. Quite often I have Googled about a DLL, or process, or extension, and have ended up at a Liu Utilities data page. This seems a rebranding and rearrangement of a fairly well known site. Yeah I also checked it out and saw that it didn't appear to be anything harmful or filled with ads. The info on the site seems to be okay but a search function would have been nice. Judging solely on the 5 minutes I spent on the site, I'd say I still prefer filext.com simply because it has a search function. Like you I don't think the link was posted here just because the OP felt like sharing. Since it was posted here to generate traffic to the site I see it as a form of spam, good info or not.Agree. Mild spam is still spam. It is actually incorrect when it says that the extension is "the letters that follow the full stop of the filename" (whatever that is). An extension can contain letters, numbers, and any non-special character eg .([a3 is a valid extension The dot does not separate the filename from the extension: it is part of the extension.

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Hi,

Found a new file extension portal at www.File-Extension.com that I found really easy to navigate.spam?Maybe... Depends what you mean by spam.

It is an alphabetical index of common DOS, Windows, Mac and Linux file extensions, with a little bit of information about each one, ARRANGED so you can view the information for each extension on its own page.

As well as their library of extensions, they also do a similar thing for Windows processes and DLLs.

For example, this is what it has to say about the .RAR file extension

Quote

Format and name: Roshal Archive File

.RAR is a data COMPRESSION, storage and transfer file format. These files can be uncompressed using a range of available programs, using the proprietary RAR algorithm, however the most common windows package is WinRAR (shareware). An archive compressed using the RAR or WinRAR file compression programs might be divided into smaller files, which, in turn, might be labeled with the extensions .R00 through to .R99.

So far so good. Each extension has its little explanation.

Underneath that, for every extension, you get this message:

Quote

Windows Cannot Open RAR [or whatever the extension is] Files?

If Windows cannot open RAR you may not have the appropriate program installed or have a registry related error. We strongly recommend you run a free registry scan.

"run a free registry scan" is a blue underlined link.

Underneath this, on every RESULT page you see this fairly helpful text

Quote

File Extensions

Put simply, the file extension is represented by letters which follow the full stop of a filename. The file extension IDENTIFIES what program, or type of program, the operating system should use to properly view or execute the contents of the file. As such a file extension is part of a file's metadata which can contain, along with the extension, a range of information (including, for example, the creation date and file size).

A point of particular note, when examining files, (particularly those received via email) is that that Windows does not necessarily list the file extension when naming the file. The problem here is that a person might receive an innocent seeming file called, say, readme.txt, without realizing that the file is actually executable with the full file name readme.txt.vbs. This trick was a common one used to transmit Internet worms and viruses to unsuspecting recipients.

You don't have to sign up for anything, there are no popups, and it has not tried to run any scripts. You don't have to take the free scan if you don't want to. The site seems to be provided by Uniblue, formerly Liu Utilities, who market paid-for SOFTWARE such as

RegistryBooster 2
SpeedUpMyPC 3
SpyEraser

WinTasks 5
WinTasks 5 Pro

WinBackup 2
WinBackup 2 Pro
WinBackup 2 Server

I don't suppose the OP put that message up out of the goodness of his heart, but the advertising "come-on" is pretty gentle compared with some sites I have seen, and there is some fairly useful information there. Nothing you couldn't find out elsewhere, but quite handy to have all in one place. Quite often I have Googled about a DLL, or process, or extension, and have ended up at a Liu Utilities data page. This seems a rebranding and rearrangement of a fairly well known site.

Yeah I also checked it out and saw that it didn't appear to be anything harmful or filled with ads. The info on the site seems to be okay but a search function would have been nice. Judging solely on the 5 minutes I spent on the site, I'd say I still prefer filext.com simply because it has a search function.
Like you I don't think the link was posted here just because the OP felt like sharing. Since it was posted here to generate traffic to the site I see it as a form of spam, good info or not.Agree. Mild spam is still spam. It is actually incorrect when it says that the extension is "the letters that follow the full stop of the filename" (whatever that is). An extension can contain letters, numbers, and any non-special character eg .([a3 is a valid extension The dot does not separate the filename from the extension: it is part of the extension.

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