Magic File Identifier

When you work on a computer a lengthy amount of time, you end up becoming familiar with a lot of file extensions and you know what their corresponding files can be used for. However, sometimes you just might out of your league with some formats and it pays to have some help within reach.

Magic File Identifier is a handy little app that you can turn to whenever you are unsure about the type and specifications a certain file has.

The GUI of Magic File Identifier is pretty straightforward and you need to start by creating a list with the files you are interested in.

You can do so by dragging and dropping documents onto the main window of the application, or you can load the entire contents of a chosen folder. You can have all sub-directories parsed as well, or you can disable this function, should you find it unnecessary.

At this point, all that is left for you to do is to start reading the description about each item, along with its type, extension, encoding and full path.

You can also narrow down the number of formats that should be processed by Magic File Identifier by disabling reporting on registry and Ole type registry files, icons, animated icons, cursors, or animated cursors.

A very handy function packed within this utility is its built-in search box. It supports regular expressions and you can easily navigate to the next or the previous result using the dedicated buttons.

To sum things up, Magic File Identifier can help you quickly get information on multiple types of items, without you needing to browse the web for it. You can even activate web shell integration and have its feature-set available straight from the context menu of all files.