Thursday, January 1, 2009

Extensions (*.*)

There are 100+ file extensions in computer technologies. So for particular extensions, which application can be used is determined by users only (not in easy manner).

In our computer system, a file with particular extension is first determined and analyzed by Windows(or any operating system in this case) accordingly it uses application to open the file.In windows, certain file extensions are not defined.

In such case,that unknown file extension is first double clicked and then windows list out certain applications for opening the file.

For listing applications, Open With dialog box appears and from that user has to select the application.

In order to determine which application for which extension, you can refer many websites.There is a website with web address

Go to Link

in which if type the extension, the application names are listed for that particular file extension. Here the website of the organization(which developed the application for the particular extension file) is also given so that user can download applications from website and can run that particular file extension.

Thus user is getting relieved of issue of unknown file extensions..

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