What's new in FileTypesMan 2.00
Feb 14, 2024
- Added new option: Don't Load Icons That May Hang/Crash (Turned on by default). When this option is turned on, FileTypesMan doesn't load file type icons if their default icon is '%1' (Some of these icons cause FileTypesMan to hang or crash when trying to load them).
New in FileTypesMan 1.98 (Sep 7, 2023)
- Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By and Actions -> Sort By).
- Added 'Sort By' buttons to the toolbar.
New in FileTypesMan 1.97 (Dec 28, 2022)
- FileTypesMan doesn't allow you anymore to change the 'Default Icon' for .exe extension. It's because many people try to modify the icon of .exe files and then ask my help in order to revert it back...
New in FileTypesMan 1.96 (May 8, 2022)
- Fixed the find dialog-box to work properly when you press the Del key.
New in FileTypesMan 1.95 (Jun 5, 2020)
- Added 'Copy Selected Actions' and 'Paste Actions' options, which allows you to copy one or more actions into the clipboard and then paste them into another file type / extension.
- Fixed bug: When a file extension had a 'User Choice' entry that cannot be accessed , FileTypesMan displayed and edited the actions of the file type, instead of displaying 'Access Denied' error message.
New in FileTypesMan 1.90 (Apr 3, 2020)
- Added 'Run As TrustedInstaller' option (Under the Help menu). You can use this feature to view and modify file types that their owner is TrustedInstaller, like the Windows Media Player menu items of .mp3 file extension. (If you try to modify TrustedInstaller entries without running FileTypesMan as TrustedInstaller, you'll get the 'Access is denied' error message. )
- Added 'Registry Key Owner' column for both upper pane and lower pane. When the Registry Key Owner on the lower pane is 'NT SERVICETrustedInstaller' , you have to run FileTypesMan as TrustedInstaller in order to modify the file type action. Otherwise, you'll get 'Access is denied' error message.
New in FileTypesMan 1.86 (Oct 9, 2019)
- You can now use the combination of /SelectedExt command and the save command-line options (/scomma, /shtml, and so on...) to export from command-line the actions of specified file extension.
- For example, in order to export to csv file all actions of .txt extension:
- FileTypesMan.exe /SelectedExt .txt /scomma "c:temptxtext.csv"
- You can now send the devices information to stdout by specifying an empty filename ("") in the save command-line options. (For example: FileTypesMan.exe /scomma "" | more)
New in FileTypesMan 1.85 (Apr 6, 2019)
- Added 'Icon' column to the lower pane.
- Added Icon field to the 'Edit Action' window.
New in FileTypesMan 1.83 (Jan 22, 2018)
- When you run FileTypesMan, it now automatically selects the last selected extension.
- Added /SelectedExt command-line option for selecting the desired extension in the upper pane, for example:
- FileTypesMan.exe /SelectedExt ".txt"
New in FileTypesMan 1.82 (Feb 11, 2016)
- Added 'Icon Handler CLSID' column. When a file type has an icon handler, the icon handler set the actual icon that will be displayed for the file, instead of the 'Default Icon' value.
New in FileTypesMan 1.81 (Dec 28, 2015)
- Added Drive and Directory\Background types.
- Fixed bug: FileTypesMan displayed incorrect Registry keys for Directory.
New in FileTypesMan 1.80 (Jun 2, 2015)
- Added 'Detach File Type' button to the 'Replace File Type For Selected Extension' option, which allows you to detach a file type from the selected file extension and leave the file extension as a standalone extension without a file type. If you detach a file type from a file extension, changing the icon and menu items won't affect other file extensions (Be aware that you may also need to clear the 'User Choice' field, if it's not empty)
- Added '...' button to the 'User Choice' field, which opens a window that allows you to easily choose the desired file type
- Fixed FileTypesMan to use the correct file type Registry key, when there is a CurVer subkey that redirects to other file type key. In previous versions, FileTypesMan failed to change the icon and menu items of .pdf and other extensions due to this bug
- FileTypesMan now stores the selected font in the .cfg file
- FileTypesMan now displays an error message if it fails to modify action or file type
New in FileTypesMan 1.72 (Mar 6, 2015)
- Fixed a crash problem occurred while loading the icon of .appref-ms extension, on some systems.
- Added 'NoIconsExt' line to the .cfg file, which contains a comma-delimited list of file extensions that FileTypesMan won't load their icons, in order to avoid a crash.
New in FileTypesMan 1.71 (Jan 12, 2015)
- FileTypesMan now displays the extension name in the status bar while loading the icons of all file extensions.
New in FileTypesMan 1.70 (Jan 12, 2015)
- When editing a file type that shares multiple file extensions, FileTypesMan will display a list of file extensions that might be affected by editing the file type.
New in FileTypesMan 1.68 (Oct 2, 2014)
- FileTypesMan now doesn't allow you to replace the file type of .exe extension, because this action may cause a severe problem in Windows Explorer
New in FileTypesMan 1.67 (Sep 29, 2014)
- Fixed bug: FileTypesMan failed to display the menu items of Directory under Windows 7.
New in FileTypesMan 1.66 (Jun 3, 2014)
- Added /scomma command-line option, which was missing in previous versions.
New in FileTypesMan 1.65 (Sep 28, 2013)
- Fixed the flickering occurred while scrolling the file types list.
- Added new command-line options: /DontLoadIcons , /MarkDisabledActions , /AutoDesktopRefresh , /ShowURLProtocols , /ExtractResourceCaption , /ShowApplicationsTypes
New in FileTypesMan 1.62 (Sep 28, 2012)
- Added 'Auto Size Columns+Headers' option.
- Fixed issue: Dialog-boxes opened in the wrong monitor, on multi-monitors system.
New in FileTypesMan 1.61 (Apr 6, 2011)
- Added 'Mark Odd/Even Rows' option, under the View menu. When it's turned on, the odd and even rows are displayed in different color, to make it easier to read a single line.
New in FileTypesMan 1.60 (Nov 13, 2010)
- Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option. When this option is turned on, the column names are added as the first line when you export to csv or tab-delimited file.
New in FileTypesMan 1.58 (Aug 2, 2010)
- Fixed issue: Removed the wrong encoding from the xml string, which caused problems to some xml viewers.
New in FileTypesMan 1.57 (Apr 1, 2010)
- Added 'Hide Dot In Extension' option. When this option is turned on, the preceding dot is not displayed in the extension column.
New in FileTypesMan 1.56 (Dec 6, 2009)
- Fixed icons problem on Windows7/x64.
New in FileTypesMan 1.55 (Nov 15, 2009)
- Fixed issue: When UserChoice is selected, FileTypesMan now displays the right file type properties loaded from the UserChoice application key.
- Fixed issue: When UserChoice is selected, the 'Open File Type In RegEdit' option now opens the right UserChoice application key
New in FileTypesMan 1.53 (Oct 13, 2009)
- When UserChoice is selected for specific extension in Windows 7/Vista, FileTypesMan now display the actions of the UserChoice instead of the actions of the file type/extension.
New in FileTypesMan 1.52 (Oct 13, 2009)
- Added command-line options to save the types/extensions list into html/text/xml/csv file.
New in FileTypesMan 1.51 (Sep 17, 2009)
- Added 'Choose Icon' dialog-box like in the file types manager of Windows, to allow you to easily choose the desired file type icon. (Works only on Windows XP or greater)
New in FileTypesMan 1.50 (Sep 6, 2009)
- Added the option to select one or more file extensions, and then send the information to extension.nirsoft.net Web site. This Web site collects a general statistics information about file extensions and allows you to find out which programs can open the desired file extension.
- Added 'View Extension In extension.nirsoft.net' option, so you can view the extensions information submitted by other users of FileTypesMan utility.
- Added version information columns for the extension, according to the dll/exe of the file-type icon.
New in FileTypesMan 1.45 (Aug 25, 2009)
- Added version information columns in the actions table - Product Name, Product Version, Product Description, and Company Name.
New in FileTypesMan 1.42 (Aug 18, 2009)
- Added 'Extended' property to action dialog-box. When this property is turned on, the menu item will be displayed only if you press the Shift key
New in FileTypesMan 1.41 (Aug 8, 2009)
- Added 'Jump To User Choice Entry' option - for file types with 'User Choice' in Windows Vista/7.
New in FileTypesMan 1.40 (Jul 25, 2009)
- Added application entries. (Stored in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTApplications)
- Added support for 'UserChoice' entries in Windows Vista/7 (Stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts[.extension]UserChoice). User Choice option is used when you right click on a file, and choose the default program (Open With -> Choose Default Program). UserChoice overwrites the default action when you double-click the file.
- Added 'File Type Group' column - Standard, Perceived Type, URL Protocol, or Application.
New in FileTypesMan 1.30 (Jun 28, 2009)
- Added support for actions under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations key
- Added 'SystemFileAssociations' column for actions
- Added 'Registry Key' column for actions
- Added 'Extract Resource Captions' option - For actions that their captions are stored inside a resource (For example: '@%SystemRoot%\system32stobject.dll,-417') this option automatically loads the real caption from the resource file and displays it in the caption column
New in FileTypesMan 1.21 (May 4, 2009)
- Fixed bug: Adding new extension didn't work if the user didn't specify the extension name with a dot prefix.
- Added more accelerator keys.
New in FileTypesMan 1.20 (Mar 9, 2009)
- Added support for creating and deleting file extensions.
- A few bugs fixed.
New in FileTypesMan 1.11 (Sep 24, 2008)
- Version 1.11:
- Added more accelerator keys.
New in FileTypesMan 1.10 (Sep 12, 2008)
- Added support for perceived types (video, audio, image, text, and system)
- Added 'Open Action In RegEdit' option.
- Added 'Open File Type In RegEdit' option.
New in FileTypesMan 1.08 (Aug 25, 2008)
- The dialog-boxes are now resizable.
New in FileTypesMan 1.07 (Jul 5, 2008)
- Added new option: Select Another Font
New in FileTypesMan 1.06 (May 5, 2008)
- Fixed bug: The main window lost the focus when the user switched to another application and then returned back to FileTypesMan
New in FileTypesMan 1.05 (Apr 30, 2008)
- Added support for URL protocols. (Options->Show URL Protocols)
New in FileTypesMan 1.04 (Apr 9, 2008)
- Added support for saving to comma-delimited file
New in FileTypesMan 1.03 (Feb 20, 2008)
- Added 'Always Show Extension' column
New in FileTypesMan 1.02 (Feb 11, 2008)
- Fixed bug: FileTypesMan failed to add the first action in a file type