Copyright: (c)+(r) 1998 Matthias Schüssler, CH-8478 Thalheim


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Extension Manager – Shareware-Version!

Great that you are interested in Extension Manager!

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Extension Manager is a program, written for Windows users who are not satisfied with the configuration possibilities offered by Microsoft. Especially the management of extensions is – to say it decent – not very efficient.

Extension Manager fills the gap. It offers powerful configuration and analysis features. You can easily view existing extension assignments, you can create new ones, delete obsolete entries and change the file assuagement, the way you like it.

Who should use Extension Manager?

To say it clearly: Extension Manager is a ”hard-core” system utility. You should have some knowledge of the subject, you should understand, how Windows links files and application, you should know how the registry is organized and you should be fully aware of what you are doing with Extension Manager. Otherwise, you risk to damage your system or even make it unserviceable (see disclaimer).

Please bear this advice in mind: only use Extension Manager carefully – and read these instructions first:

Extensions: How do they work?

List of Windows extensions

List of Mac Creators and File Types

The registry: What is this

Registry Manipulation, special keys

Structure of a ”Classes” entry in the registry

Extension Manager

Terms of use, disclaimer (read this first)

Installation/Removal

Basic ideas/concepts

Analysis

Deleting extensions in the main window

Registry information editor

Editing information

Deleting keys with EMan editor

Re-entering information

Hints for a quick start

Shareware/full version

Shareware Version of Extension Manager and advantages of the full version

Register form

[Advantages of the full version]     [Register Extension Manager!]    [Terms of use/disclaimer]


Basics: Extensions
Extensions – How do they work?

Extensions is a remnant from the old DOS days – a rather simple concept of connecting files with applications. A period separates the extension from the ”pure” file name. The extension are normally made of tree letters and identify the file type. ”TXT” stands for plain text files, ”RTF” for formatted ”Rich text”, ”GIF”, ”TIF” or ”JPG” for graphical files.

Windows 95 and NT

In Windows 95 and NT, the extensions have not gone out of fashion at all. Windows is capable of opening a file with the right application when you double click on a file, because of the extension. With default configuration, Windows 95 hides the extension of registered file types from the eyes of the user – hat doesn’t alter the fact that the are still there.

An interesting passing remark: Some files are recognized by Windows even if they have a wrong extension. Files from ”Microsoft WinWord” are opened with the correct application even with an other extension than ”.doc”. This tells us, that Windows takes a little look into the file header when somebody double clicks on it. This allows the operating system to recognize a WinWord file without relying on the ”*.doc” extension.

List of Windows file extensions

Using more than one application

But there’s a little problem with these extensions: On the one hand, extensions indicate a file type, such as ”*.htm”, ”*.gif” or ”*.rtf” – those files can be used by several applications. On the other hand, extensions indicate ”affiliation” to an (single) application, their format is proprietary. For example ”*.qdx” and ”*.p65” files indicate both layout files from Desktop Publishing programs. But Adobe PageMaker (”*.p65”) cannot read files from Quark XPress (”*.qdx”) and vice versa.

File extensions work perfectly for proprietary files, that must be handled by only one application. For more common file types such as GIF or TIFF graphics, Rich text files or HTML, WAV sounds or MOV video files, problems start. If you are in picture processing, you probably use more than one application. You have a fast picture viewer such as ”IrfanView 32” (author: e9227474@student.tuwien.ac.at), a powerful editor (”Adobe Photoshop”) and a program you use for special effects (”Corel Photopaint”). It would be very pleasant, if a double click on a file opened the fast Viewer, and if the other two (or even more) applications were available in the context menu. This is possible – but not easy to do (without Extension Manager ).

Indecent setup programs

Another problem: Program installations usually don’t give a f*** for existing file associations. If you commit the mistake to launch them, they grab all the extensions and divert them to themselves. Bad luck for the old applications, which used to handle those files – bad luck for the user, who doesn’t have a backup from the original configuration (Extension Manager users do have ).

Cleaning up

And uninstall programs often don’t give a f*** about left-overs – very hard to find and remove them (when you don’t have Extension Manager ).

Macintosh

Another marginal note: MacOS, the Apple operating system, uses a somehow more elaborated concept. For each file, the MacOS holds a ”Creator” and ”file type” key. These keys have four letters and are managed centrally by Apple. This allows more control and has the advantage, that no abridgement is used twice for different file types.

The difference between File format and the connection to an application is clearer on Mac systems. Still, I guess, there’s no reason to switch to Mac – the management of those Creators and File Types is even more difficult on Macs than on Windows systems. Things that never were a problem even on long extincted DOS versions are only possible with special tools. For instance the changing of those extensions for a larger number of files: Under dos, you type ”ren *.unk *.knw” and all files in the directory have the new extension. On Mac, you have to be an AppleScript crack or you have to know that there are helpful tools (I can recommend File Buddy ftp://ugle.unit.no/pub/mac/util/file-buddy.sit.hqx).

List of Mac Creators and File Types

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Windows Registry
The Registry

The Windows registry consists of the files USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT and represents a data base. Windows 95 programs store their information in the registry. The registry is the substitute for the INI files used with Windows 3.x.

Structure of the Registry

The Registry has a hierarchical structure, comparable to the directories on a hard disk. There are keys (”folders” in the comparison) and values (”files”). A key can contain sub keys as well as values. And A value can consist of a Text information (a string), binary information (icons, graphics, or whatever) or numbers (DWORDS).

There are the following main branches in the registry:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT: This branch holds the file types and OLE information. It is a ”reflection” of the ”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes” key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER: This branch which are individual for different users on the system. If there are several user accounts installed on a machine, for each user is maintained such a branch. This makes it possible, that users can have different configuration for Windows (control panel settings) and their applications. The different user profiles are stored in the HKEY_USERS section. HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT holds the information, which are duplicated when a new user account is established.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE: In this branch, Windows holds the user-independend information. Hardware information can be found here as well as user-independent software information. Since you can specify multiple hardware configurations, the current hardware configuration is stored in HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG.

HKEY_DYN_DATA: This key is a ”reflection” of the parts of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and represents hardware-near information, such as Plug-&-Play stuff.

Examine the Registry

While you could examine the Windows 3.x INI files with a simple editor, you need special tools to take a look at the Windows 95/NT registry. The Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) is included with Windows95. This program looks a little bit similar to the Explorer:

On the left, you can see the keys (on the screenshot, you can see the information that are stored by Extension Manager in your registry at the key ”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MSC-Soft\Extension Manager\Optionen”). On the right, you’ll find the values.

With Regedit, you can delete, modify and create keys and values. And it’s possible to export and import registry information as simple ASCII text. Extension Manager’s registry information looks this way, when it is exported to a *.reg file (Registry export file)

REG-Files

A registry or REG file can by imported easily into the registry – you simply have to double click on it or use the Extension Manager’s File – ”Add to Registry” command (”Registry information editor”).

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MSC-Soft\Extension Manager\Reg]

"File Hist1"=

"C:\\WINNT\\Profiles\\Administrator\\Anwendungsdaten\\Command\\Grafik-Formate.reg"

"File Hist2"="C:\\WINNT\\Profiles\\Administrator\\Anwendungsdaten\\Command\\Alte PageMaker-Dateien.reg"

"File Hist3"="C:\\WINNT\\pythizer.reg"

"File Hist4"="E:\\Dokumente\\Delphi\\Projekte\\Extension Manager\\Undo.reg"

"Links"=dword:00000050

"Oben"=dword:00000050

"Breite"=dword:00000244

"Höhe"=dword:000001c5

By evaluating these keys…

… Extension Manager can show the last files used in its File menu.

These ”REG” files are used by Extension Manager – that’s why it’s good to understand, how they work:

The expressions in the brackets indicate keys. A key is followed by the values. It is possible to have more than one value per key, but the have to have different names. It is possible to have one default value per key.

The expression left of the equals sign indicates the value name (for instance ”File hist1”), the expression right from the equals sign is the actual value. In this example, you see Extension Manager’s file history. At the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MSC-Soft\Extension Manager\Reg, EMan stores the four last used files. ”File Hist1” is the key name of the first file, the value "C:\\WINNT\\Profiles\\Administrator\\Anwendungsdaten\\Command\\Grafik-Formate.reg" indicates the position of the file.

String values (texts) are marked by quotation marks, numbers have the prefix ”dword:”. In the example above, "Links", "Oben", "Breite", "Höhe" store the position and size of the ”Registry information editor” window. The values are hexadecimal numbers, ”1c5” represents the windows height from 453 pixels.

So, to sum it up it can be said, that the structure of a REG file looks like this:

REGEDIT4

[KEY]

@="The value with the @-sign is the default value"

"Value (String)"="This is a string"

"Value (number"=dword:00000050

If you edit the Registry with Extension Manager, above all, you edit REG files.

Structure of a ”Classes” entry in the registry

More about the registry: Manipulation, special keys

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Structure of a "Classes” entry in the registry
Structure of a ”Classes” entry in the registry

In the ”classes” (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes and reflection of these keys at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) section of the registry, all the file types used on your Windows system are stored.

Basically, a entry consists of two main keys: a extension (but it’s also possible to have more than one) and a file type. The file type key has subkeys which indicate the Icon used in the Explorer, the name of the type and all the actions Windows can perform, when an user double clicks on the file or selects a command from the context menu.

The ”txtfile” key

The extension key for ”*.txt”:

This entry consists of the following code (REG file):

REGEDIT4

// REGISTRY EXPORTFILE

// Created by Extension Manager 15.03.98, 15:55:30

// Complete registry information for selected extension(s) (sorted by filetype) TXTFILE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile]

@=""Text (Plain)"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\WINNT\\System32\\shell32.dll,59"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\QuickView]

@="*"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\EManEdit]

@="Edit with EMan Editor"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\EManEdit\Command]

@="E:\\Dokumente\\Delphi\\Projekte\\Extension Manager\\EMan.exe TextEdit %1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\open]

"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\open\ Command]

@="C:\\WINNT\\Notepad.exe %1"

// txtfile uses extension .txt

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.txt]

@="txtfile"

"Content Type"="text/plain"

These lines contain all information which are needed to tell Windows which icon to display, whether QuickView is activated or not, which extension(s) is/are linked to this file type, the description, which is displayed in the Explorer and ”properties” windows.

Please pay attention to the ”shell” key and its sub items: There, you can find all involved applications including description of the action, which is used as caption in the context menu.

Abstracted, a complete file type entry looks like this

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name]

@="File Type Description"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\DefaultIcon]

@="Path\to\an\icon_resource.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\Shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\Shell\CommandName1]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\Shell\CommandName1\command]

@="Application_used_for_this_action"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\Shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\Shell\CommandName2]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name\Shell\CommandName2\command]

@="Other_application_used_for_this_action OR Same_application_with_different_parameter"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.extension]

@="FileType.Name"

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This entry points to a file, which contains an icon resource. This icon is displayed by the Explorer and other programs who use iconic representations of files.


File type name. This must be a unequivocal identifier.

This identifier ”ties together” the file type key and the extension key (the identifier must be found as default value in the extensions key and it must be the name of the file type key):

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.extension]

@="FileType.Name"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FileType.Name]

@="File Type Description"


Value (see The registry: What is this)


Comment


Value with no name (default value) (see The registry: What is this)


Value name for a named value


Extension


Shell key (top key for all the action commands)


Shell command name (such as print, open, or another identifier)


Command key (the default value of this key holds the application which is used for this action)


Installation/Removal
Extension Manager: Installation/Removal

Extension Manager comes in a self-extracting archive, where you can choose a directory in which the program will be placed. That’s the whole thing about installation. In order to keep the archive small and the download time short, there’s no install shield and stuff like that.

The following files come with Extension Manager:

–	EMan_sw.exe (executable, shareware version) or EMan.exe (executable, full version)

–	EMan.hlp (this help file)

–	Vendinfo.diz (an information file for redistributors)

–	Uninst.inf (file, needed for removal)

–	file_id.diz (short program description)

Only the program file is needed for program start; in order to save hard disk space, you can delete the other four files.

Program removal

To clear Extension Manager’s registry entries, do the following: Mark the file Uninst.inf, right click on it and select ”Install” (I know, this is not very logical) from the context menu. Then, delete the five files, mentioned above.

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Extension Manager: Basic concepts

Extension Manager fulfills two main jobs:

Registry analysis

0	Registry manipulation

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Registry analysis

Extension Manager and the freeware program ”Extension Viewer” can both analyze the ”classes” section of the Windows registry and output information in five tabs:

The extensions tab

0	The File types tab

1	The Apps tab

2	The Interface tab (Part of the OLE keys)

3	The CLSID tab (Part of the OLE keys)

There are used several icons to identify entries (if you don’t have disabled the ”Show icons” option in the options-appearance tab):

–	If Extension Manager finds an icon a ”DefaultIcon” key or if there’s an icon in the ”shell” keys, this icon is used (the closer look window behaves slightly different!)

–	A round arrow indicates, that there’s an individual icon resource in each of the files of this type (executables, icons, animated cursors etc).

–	A red X indicates, that no icon could be found or that there exists an other problem (please do not delete every entry with such an X without verifying this type carefully before!)

–	A red question mark means that there’s no icon assigned with this key or that the icon couldn’t be found.

–	A blue arrow indicates in the File types tab a ”curVer” key

–	A blue arrow in the extensions tab indicates the entry for shortcuts (*.lnk files).

–	A blue ”S” indicates a system type (for instance HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\* which is the context menu handler.

If you click on an entry or if you hit F2, then, the closer look window pops up.

More info about the closer look window

You can save information from the tabs to a text file if you hit the ”floppy” symbol from the toolbar.

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Here, you find an entry for every extension (*.???) in the ”classes” section of your registry.

All ”shell actions” that are used by a file type are listed here (if you have not entered a limit in the ”Appearance” tab of the options dialog).


Here, you find an entry for every file type in the ”classes” section of your registry.

All extensions are listed here (if you have not entered a limit in the ”Appearance” tab of the options dialog).

There can also be found entries with no linked extension here. These types are used for OLE and other system services.

A blue arrow symbol indicates a ”current version” link (standard types are linked with this current link key to the momentarily actual service version).


Here, you find entries for every application, that has made entries in the ”classes” section of your registry. All used file types by an applications are listed here (if you have not entered a limit in the ”Appearance” tab of the options dialog).


Here, you find entries for every Interface key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface)

The interface keys are part of five the OLE classes.


Here, you find entries for every CLSID key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID)

CLSID stands for ”Class Identifier” (for example {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}.

With OLE 2.0, a program can ”lend” parts of itself to other applications. Such a ”generous” program has a CLSID. These IDs are used in the communication between server and host.

A CLSID consists of a 128 bit long number. It is generated from a random number, time and date of generation and from characteristics about the computer’s hardware.

The CLSID keys are part of five the OLE classes.


The five OLE parts

Class IDs (OLE Part 1 of 5)	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID

Software IDs (OLE Part 2 of 5)	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Software

Interface (OLE Part 3 of 5)	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface

Type Library (OLE Part 4 of 5)	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib

File Type-Class-IDs (OLE Part 5 of 5)	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FILETYPE

For the two largest OLE parts, there is a separate tab in the Extension Manager window (Interface and CLSID). The other parts can be found in the file type tab (marked with a blue ”S”).

If you want to learn more about OLE (”Object linking and embedding”), take a look at the windows help.


Closer Look window

The closer look window displays details about the key – including name, description and all subkeys in the ”Registry keys” branch. Also, all used extensions of a file type are listed in the ”Extensions”.

The closer look window only displays an icon in the top part of the window if a ”DefaultIcon” entry can be found. If no such entry exists, the program displays a red ”X” (as well as when you have disabled the ”Show icons” option in the options-appearance tab).

The closer look window displays a special ”WARNING” branch, when the program is not able to locate the executable indicated in the shell keys.

If the program can find a version resource, these information are added to a corresponding branch:

You can save information from the tabs to a text file if you hit the ”floppy” symbol from the bottom of the window.

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Registry manipulation

You can delete, create and modify keys with Extension Manager. Two basic strategies are available for registry altering:

Key deletion in Extension Manager’s main window

Deletion, creation and modification with the Registry information editor

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Key deletion in Extension Manager's main window
Key deletion in Extension Manager’s main window

To delete one ore several keys in the main window, select the keys which should be removed and choose ”Delete” from the context menu or hit the ”Del” key.

The program displays the ”Selector” dialog, where you can exactly mark the keys to remove.

Important notes

Please pay attention to this warning: ”You are about to delete keys from your registry. You can damage your system severely, if you remove any system keys. Only experienced system administrators should use this function! The author disclaims any responsibility – you are using this feature on own risk.” Disclaimer (read this first)

If you delete keys from the ”Apps” tab: The entry ”XYZ.exe” is only a title – it shows to which application the following keys belong. Checking this entry won’t cause anything at all.

The application doesn’t update the information after a deletion or modification in the tabs. You’ll need to restart Extension Manager to see the effect of any deletion, creation or modification in the main window.

The actual version of Extension Manager does not delete keys in the CLSID or Interface tab. The reason: There’s not enough information available to allow users to determine obsolete OLE keys. This feature is reserved for future versions of Extension Manager.

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Registry information editor

Extension Manager alters registry information by applying REG files – that’s why most modifications are made in the ”Registry information editor”. To understand the following explanations, please read these chapters first:

Extensions: How do they work?

The registry: What is this

Registry Manipulation, special keys

Structure of a ”Classes” entry in the registry

Since REG files contain pure ASCII text, the ”Registry information editor” is basically a text editor with common features as open, save, search, replace, and so on.

You can import information by opening existing REG files from your harddisk, you can import keys including subkeys by choosing the ”import” command from the file menu. But in most cases you’ll do it like this:

You mark one or some keys in a tab and you click ”Edit registry code” in the context menu or you hit F3. A Editor window will open with the desired registry extract.

Now, you can modify, delete and create keys and re-entering them at the end:

Deleting keys

When you delete lines in the Registry information Editor, you will need to delete this information by using the ”Delete” command. Deleting lines in the Editor does not remove anything from the registry!

Adding and modifying keys

Re-entering information

The application doesn’t update the information after a deletion or modification in the tabs. You’ll need to restart Extension Manager to see the effect of any deletion, creation or modification in the main window.

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Adding keys and modifying keys: Insert dialog
Adding and modifying keys: Insert dialog

You can – of course – adding keys by typing the info into the Registry information Editor window. But it is easier and more comfortable if you use the ”Insert dialog”:

Creating keys with the Insert dialog

If you use this dialog, Extension Manager will assist you by looking for applications, by choosing icons, by selecting the right Mime type. It’ll create the keys with the correct syntax for you and it’ll make sure that the paths are correct. In the drop lists, you have the previously used commands and applications ready for selection.

You can create a complete set of keys by choosing the command ”Insert complete file type” from the insert menu (Shift-Insert). You can create single keys by selecting ”Root key”, ”shell key”, ”Icon key” or ”Extension key”. Special key commands for ”Quick View” and ”Always show extension” are also available:

Root key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile]

@="Registry file"

Shell key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\shell]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\shell\EManEdit]

@="Edit with Registry Manager"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\shell\EManEdit\Command]

@="E:\\Dokumente\\Delphi\\Projekte\\Extension Manager\\EMan.exe RegEdit %1"

Icon key”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\WINNT\\regedit.exe,1"

Extension key

// regfile uses extension .reg

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.reg]

@="regfile"

"Content Type"="text/plain"

Quick view

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\QuickView]

@="*"

Always show extension

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.reg]

"AlwaysShowExt"="*"

The single key commands will show the ”key” section in the ”Insert” dialog, if the file type name is vacant.

Use the ”Choose” button to browse for applications or Icons. The ”Reset” button (Strg-E) clears previously entered or picked up values from the ”Insert” dialog. ”Clear lists” will remove all entries in the drop down lists.

Use the ”Insert” button to create the code. By clicking on the ”Clipboard” button, you’ll put the information from the showing sections into the clipboard. You can insert these info later (”paste”/Strg-V). ”Set & close” hides the insert dialog without adding any information into the editor window. But the dialog is not resetted – the chosen information stays available for editing.

Modifying keys with the insert dialog

You can change keys and values with the ”Insert” dialog in a similar way as you create keys. If you want to modify settings, highlight the keys in question. in the Editor window and choose ”Pick up keys” from the ”Special” menu (Strg-U). Choose ”Pick up all keys”/Strg-A to process all keys in the editor window (this command is only useful applicable, when there’s only one file type in the Editor window).

Extension Manager will now analyze the information in the Editor window and take over them into the ”Insert” dialog. Now, you can alter them as described and afterwards re-insert then into the Editor window.

Please note:

If you have a selection in the Editor window, Extension Manager will replace this selection by the new keys. If there’s no selection, Extension Manager inserts the new generated keys after the caret location at a new line. If you want to modify keys, please select all keys fully to prevent, that parts of the old keys remain.

Re-entering information

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Re-entering information into the Registry

To re-import information to the registry after creating or modification, choose the ”Add to registry” command from the ”File” menu, click on the button with the ”registry” symbol in the toolbar or hit Strg-R. Extension Manager does not perform syntax- or other checks before entering the information.

Save REG files to harddisk

You can save the contents of the Editor window alternatively to harddisk. You won’t need Extension Manager anymore to reimport those REG files to the registry. Double click on a REG file will be sufficient!

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Key deletion in EMan Editor

To delete a key from the ”Registry information Editor”, choose the ”Delete key” from the ”Special” menu, hit the ”DEL” key or click on the crossed out key symbol at the toolbar.

Important notes

You always delete all keys below this key. When you delete the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MSProgramGroup, the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MSProgramGroup\Shell and all further subkeys are deleted as well.

Please pay attention to this warning: ”You are about to delete keys from your registry. You can damage your system severely, if you remove any system keys. Only experienced system administrators should use this function! The author disclaims any responsibility – you are using this feature on own risk.” Disclaimer (read this first)

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Hints for quick start

•	Use the context menu and "Edit registry code" (or F3) to export keys from the registry. The following start parameters are supported:

•	NoIcs : Starts without Icons (for misbehaving threads!)

•	TextEdit: Starts as text editor

•	RegEdit: Starts as registry information editor

•	Drag and drop is supported in the registry information editor Use "Pick up keys" from the Special menu (registry information editor) to load keys into the Key dialog and be able to easily change values and keys Use "Assign *.reg with EMan" from the Special menu to allow EMan to open Registry files easily. And you'll get a good example of how the registry information editor works by doing this.

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Registry manipulation - special keys
Registry manipulation – special keys

There are a lot of configuration possibilities – some, you can perform with Extension Manager, for others you’ll need REGEDIT.EXE.

Changes you can perform with Extension Manager

There’s a lot you can change with Extension Manager. Some hints:

Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer's New Menu

Delete the ShellNew value from the registry:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdb\ShellNew]

"Command"="msaccess.exe /NEWDB 1"

Change the name of default desktop objects

You’ll find the default desktop elements at the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\ and…

My computer	{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Dustbin	{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Control panel	{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Printer	{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

DFÜ network	{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}

Fonts	{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}

Internet	{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}

Url History Folder	{FF393560-C2A7-11CF-BFF4-444553540000}

Inbox	{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Microsoft-Network	{00028B05-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Network neighborhood	{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

Internet Cache Folder	{7BD29E00-76C1-11CF-9DD0-00A0C9034933}

With Extension Manager, it’s no problem to change the icons of your dustbin: Just open the CLSID tab, look for Dustbin and Export the code from the registry by pressing F3. You’ll see the following code in the ”Registry information window”:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]

@="Papierkorb"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\WINNT\\System32\\shell32.dll,31"

"Empty"="Empty.ico"

"Full"="Full.ico"

Just change the Empty.Ico and the full.ico to icons of your choice – that’s it!

Thumbnails for Bitmap graphics (BMP)

Would you like to have a little thumbnail preview of Bitmap files instead of an icon?

In the Extensions tab, get ”bmp” extension.

REGEDIT4

// REGISTRY EXPORTFILE

// Created by Extension Manager 14.03.98, 16:37:16

// Complete registry information for selected extension(s) (sorted by filetype) PSP.IMAGE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Grafik.BMP]

@="Grafik (BMP)"

"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Grafik.BMP\DefaultIcon]

@="%1"

// Grafik.BMP uses extension .bmp

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.bmp]

@=" Grafik.BMP"

"Content Type"="image/BMP"

Changes you can perform with REGEDIT.EXE

Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs

In ”Add/Remove Programs” in Control Panel, a list of installed applications is displayed for the purpose of easy removal. If you delete programs manually, these items remain. You can get rid of them with Regedit.exe.

Search the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and delete every obsolete key

Clear Unwanted Entries from the Start Menu's Run Command

You can clear the ”Start Menu”’s Run command:

Open the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU\ and delete all the values in this key but leave the Default))

You can clear the ”OtherFolder” history by deleting the entries in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\OtherFolder\

Autostart programs

Not only the programs in the ”Autostart” folder are executed when Windows starts. Some registry entries can launch programs at system start:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServiceOnce

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunService

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_VERSION

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunService

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Tip of the day

You can change the ”Tips of the day”. You’ll find them here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Tips

Menu speed

You can change the speed of the menus (how long does it take until submenus show up): The key for this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="0"

0 means fast, 65534 slow.

Suppress ”Shortcut to” in Shortcut names

If you don’t want to have names of shortcuts beginning with ”Shortcut to” and no little arrows overlaying the icons, the do the following:

No ”Shortcut to…”: Open the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and set the binary value at 0

To get rid of the arrow, open the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile and delete the value IsShortcut. (Of course, you can do this one with Extension Manager).

System restrictions

Open the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and set the following Values (1 = enabled, 0 = disabled).

NoClose	Windows cannot shut down

NoDesktop	No icons on the desktop

NoFind	No ”find” command in the Start menu

NoRun	No ”Run” command in the Start menu

NoSaveSettings	Explorer doesn’t save changes when closing

NoSetTaskBar	User cannot change the task bar

NoStartBanner	No animated ”click here to begin”

NoStartMenuSubFolders	No subfolders in the start menu

NoSetFolders	No print folder and no control panel

DisableRegistryTools	Regedit.exe cannot be launched

Clear the screen saver password

Delete the value at ScreenSave_Data at the key HKEY_USERS\Default\Control Panel\Desktop.

Automatically update Explorer window

Normally, the Windows Explorer doesn’t display every change (removal, creation or renaming of files) immediately. You can force Explorer to do so:

Look for the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Update and create the binary value named UpdateMode and set there the value 0.

Minimal password length

Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network

Binary value: MinPwlLen – setting = minimal length of the password

Telnet scrollback size

Change the number of lines, that telnet holds in memory to scroll back:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Telnet, Entry: Rows

Hide drives in the Explorer

You can hide drives in the explorer:

Open the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Create a new entry of the type DWORD. Name it NoDrives. The numbers for the drives are:

Drive A	1

Drive B	2

Drive C	4 etc

To hide more than one drive, add the values and enter the value (to hide drive A and B, you would have to enter 3)

Disable File sharing and printer sharing

Open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network and create a DWORD value. Name it NoPrintSharing or NoFileSharing and enter the value 1.

Change your user info

You can find the information you have entered during the Windows installation at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft?Windows\CurrentVersion.

No tilde (~) in MS-DOS file names

To create short DOS names without the tilde, open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem, create a binary value named NameNumericTail and set the value 0.

Disable long file names

Open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem and change the value at Win31FileSystem from 0 to 1. Restart Windows.

Special folders

Change the location of system folders (SendTo, Recent, Desktop, Programs, Favorites, Start Menu, Startup, Fonts, Personal, NetHood, PrintHood, Templates, AppData, Cache, Cookies, History) by editing the values at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders.

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List of file formats

Here’s a list of common file formats and extensions. I have not listed it myself but stolen from Andrew Gray for the ”Corel and Ventura User’s Group” (http://www.enterprise.net/cvu) in the UK and users of whatis.com.

Significant assistance has been provided by Reg Harbeck (http://www.freenet.calgary.ab.ca/~rharbeck).

If you know of a file name extension and format that should be added to this list, you can e-mail (mailto:100012.1554@compuserve.com) them and they’ll add it.

A

ABK	Corel Draw AutoBackup

ACL	Corel Draw 6 keyboard accelerator

ACM	Used by Windows in the system directory

ACP	Microsoft Office Assistant Preview file

ACT	Microsoft Office Assistant Actor file

ACV	OS/2 drivers that compress and decompress audio data

AD	After Dark screensaver

ADB	Appointment database used by HP 100LX organizer

ADD	OS/2 adapter drivers used in the boot process

ADM	After Dark MultiModule screensaver

ADP	Used by FaxWorks to do setup for fax modem interaction

ADR	After Dark Randomizer screensaver

AFM	Adobe font metrics

AI	Adobe Illustrator drawing

AIF	Apple Mac AIFF sound

ALB	JASC Image Commander album

ALL	Arts & Letters Library

ANC	Canon Computer Pattern Maker file that is a selectable list of pattern colors

ANI	Animated Cursor

ANS	ANSI text

API	Application Program Interface file; used by Adobe Acrobat

ARC	LH ARC (old version) compressed archive

ARJ	Robert Jung ARJ compressed archive

ART	Xara Studio drawing

ART	Canon Crayola art file

ASC	ASCII text

ASD	WinWord AutoSave

ASM	Assembler language source file

ASP	Active Server Page (an HTML file containing a Microsoft server-processed script)

ASP	Procomm Plus setup and connection script

AST	Claris Works "assistant" file

ATT	AT&T Group 4 bitmap

AVI	Microsoft Video for Windows movie

AWD	FaxView document

B

BAK	Backup file

BAS	BASIC code

BAT	Batch file

BFC	Windows 95 Briefcase document

BG	Backgammon for Windows game

BI	Binary file

BIF	GroupWise initialization file

BIN	Binary file

BK/BK$	Sometimes used to denote backup versions

BKS	An IBM BookManager Read bookshelf

BMK	An A bookmark file

BMP	Windows or OS/2 bitmap

BM1	Apogee BioMenace data file

BRX	A file for browsing an index of multimedia options

BS1	Apogee Blake Stone data file

BTM	Batch file used by Norton Utilities

B4	Helix Nuts and Bolts file

C

C	C code

CAB	Microsoft cabinet file (program files compressed for software distribution)

CAL	CALS Compressed Bitmap

CAL	Calendar schedule data

CAT	IntelliCharge categorization file used by Quicken

CB	Microsoft clean boot file

CCB	Visual Basic Animated Button configuration

CCF	Multimedia Viewer configuration file used in OS/2

CCH	Corel Chart

CCM	Lotus CC:Mail ”box” (for example, INBOX.CCM)

CDA	CD Audio Track

CDF	Microsoft Channel Definition Format file

CDR	Core Draw drawing

CDT	Corel Draw template

CDX	Corel Draw compressed drawing

CEL	CIMFast Event Language file

CFB	Comptons Multimedia file

CFG	Configuration file

CGI	Common Gateway Interface script file

CGM	Computer Graphics Metafile

CH	OS/2 configuration file

CHK	File fragments saved by Windows Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk

CHP	Ventura Publisher chapter

CIL	Clip Gallery download package

CIM	Sim City 200 file

CIN	OS/2 change control file that tracks changes to an INI file

CK1	iD/Apogee Commander Keen 1 data file

CK2	iD/Apogee Commander Keen 2 data file

CK3	iD/Apogee Commander Keen 3 data file

CK4	iD/Apogee Commander Keen 4 data file

CK5	iD/Apogee Commander Keen 5 data file

CK6	iD/Apogee Commander Keen 6 data file

CLASS	Java class

CLP	Windows Clipboard file

CLS	Visual Basic Class Module

CMD	Command file for Windows NT (similar to a DOS .BAT file)

CMD	DOS CP/M command file

CMD	dBase-II program file

CMF	Corel Metafile

CMP	JPEG Bitmap

CMP	Address document

CMV	Corel Move animation

CMX	Corel Presentation Exchange image

CNF	Configuration file used by Telnet, Windows, and other applications with varying internal formats

CNM	Windows application menu options and setup file

CNQ	Compuworks Design Shop file

CNT	Windows (or other) system content files for the help index and other purposes

COD	Microsoft C compiler output as displayable machine language/assembler with original C as comments

COM	Command file (program)

CPD	Fax Cover document

CPE	Fax Cover document

CPI	Microsoft MS-DOS code page information file

CPL	Control Panel extension

CPL	Corel colour palette

CPP	C++ code

CPR	Corel Presents Presentation

CPT	Corel Photo-Paint image

CPX	Corel Presentation Exchange Compressed drawing

CRD	Cardfile file

CRP	Corel Presents Run-Time Presentation

CRT	Certificate file

CSC	Corel Script

CSP	PC Emcee On-Screen image

CSV	Comma-separated values file

CT	Scitex CT Bitmap

CTL	Used in general to mean a file containing control information. FAXWorks uses it to keep information about each fax sent and received.

CUE	Microsoft Cue Cards data

CUR	Windows Cursor

CUT	Dr Halo bitmap

CV	Corel Versions archive

CV	Microsoft CodeView information screen

CWK	Claris Works data file

CWS	Claris Works template

D

DAT	Data file

DAT	WordPerfect Merge Data

DBF	Aston-Tate dBASE database

DBX	DataBeam image

DCS	Desktop Color Separation file

DCX	Fax image (based on PCX)

DDF	BTRIEVE database

DEF	SmartWare II data file

DEF	C++ Definition

DER	Certificate file

DIB	Device-Independent Bitmap

DIC	Dictionary

DIF	Data Interchange Format spreadsheet

DLG	C++ Dialogue Script

DLL	Dynamic-Link Library

DOC	FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document

DOC	WordStar document

DOC	WordPerfect document

DOC	Microsoft Word document

DOT	Microsoft Word document Template

DRV	Driver

DRW	Micrografx Designer/Draw

DSQ	Corel QUERY file

DWG	AutoCAD drawing

DXF	AutoDesk Drawing Interchange Format

E

EMF	Enhanced Windows Metafile

ENC	Encore file

EPS	Encapsulated PostScript image

ER1	ERWin file

ERX	ERWin file

EVY	Envoy document

EWL	Microsoft Encarta document

EXE	Executable file (program)

F

F	FORTRAN file

F77	FORTRAN file

F90	FORTRAN file

FAV	Microsoft Outlook navigation bar

FAX	FAX Type image

FH3	Aldus Freehand 3 drawing

FIF	Fractal image file

FLC	AutoDesk FLIC animation

FLI	AutoDesk FLIC animation

FLT	Corel filter

FMT	Microsoft Schedule+ print file

FOG	Fontographer font

FON	System font

FOR	FORTRAN file

FOT	Font-related file

FP	FileMaker Pro file

FP1	Flying Pigs for Windows data file

FP3	FileMaker Pro file

FPX	FlashPix bitmap

FRM	Form

FRM	FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document

FRM	WordPerfect Merge Form

FRM	Visual Basic form

FRX	Visual Basic form stash file

G

GAL	Corel Multimedia Manager album

GED	Graphic Environment Document (drawing)

GEM	GEM metafile

GEN	Ventura-Generated text file

GFI	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GFX	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GID	Windows 95 global index file (containing help status)

GIF	CompuServe bitmap

GIM	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GIX	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GNA	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GNX	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GRA	Microsoft Graph

GRP	Program Manager Group

GWX	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GWZ	Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GZ	Unix Gzip compressed file

H

H	C program header

HED	HighEdit document

HEL	Microsoft Hellbender saved game

HEX	Macintosh BinHex 2.0 file

HGL	HP Graphics Language drawing

HLP	Help file

HOG	Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file

HPJ	Visual Basic Help Project

HPP	C++ program header

HQX	Macintosh BinHex 4.0 file

HST	History file

HT	HyperTerminal

HTM	Hypertext document

HTML	Hypertext document

I

ICA	Citrix file

ICB	Targa bitmap

ICM	Image Color Matching profile file

ICO	Windows Icon

IDD	MIDI Instrument Definition

IFF	Aminga ILBM

IGF	Inset Systems metafile

IIF	QuickBooks for Windows interchange file

IMA	WinImage file

IMG	GEM image

INF	Information file

INI	Initialization file

INS	X-Internet sign-up file

ISO	Lists the files on a CD-ROM; based on the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system standard

ISP	X-Internet sign-up file

IW	Idlewild screensaver

J

JAR	Java applet archive file

JFF	JPEG bitmap

JIF	JPEG bitmap

JN1	Epic MegaGames Jill of the Jungle data file

JPEG	JPEG bitmap

JPG	JPEG bitmap

JTF	JPEG bitmap

K

KDC	Kodak Photo-Enhancer

KFX	KoFax Group 4 image

KYE	Kye game data

L

LBM	Deluxe Paint bitmap

LDB	Microsoft Access lock file

LEG	Legacy document

LHA	Alternate file suffix for LZH

LIB	Library

LOG	Log file

LPD	Helix Nuts and Bolts file

LRC	Intel Video Phone file

LST	List file

LZH	LH ARC compressed archive

LZS	Skyroads data file

M

M3D	Corel Motion 3D animation

MAC	MacPaint image

MAD	Microsoft Access module

MAF	Microsoft Access Form

MAK	Visual Basic or MS Visual C++ Project

MAM	Microsoft Access Macro

MAP	Map file

MAP	Duke Nukem 3D WAD game file

MAQ	Microsoft Access Query

MAR	Microsoft Access Report

MAT	Microsoft Access Table

MAZ	Hover maze data

MB1	Apogee Monster Bash data file

MCC	Dialer10 calling card

MCS	MathCAD image

MCW	Microsoft Word for Macintosh document

MDA	Microsoft Access add-in

MDB	Microsoft Access database

MDE	Microsoft Access MDE file

MDN	Microsoft Access blank database template

MDW	Microsoft Access Workgroup

MDZ	Microsoft Access wizard template

MER	Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others

MET	Presentation Manager metafile

MI	Miscellaneous

MIC	Microsoft Image Composer file

MID	MIDI music

MMF	Microsoft Mail File

MMM	Microsoft Multimedia Movie

MOD	Microsoft Multiplan spreadsheet

MOV	QuickTime for Windows movie

MPE	MPEG animation

MPEG	MPEG animation

MPG	MPEG animation

MPP	Microsoft Project file

MPP	CAD drawing file format

MP3	MPEG Audio Layer 3 (AC3) file

MSG	Microsoft Mail message

MSN	Microsoft Network document

MSP	Microsoft Paint bitmap

MUS	Music

MVB	Microsoft Multimedia Viewer file

N

NAP	NAP Metafile	Vector image

NSF	Lotus Notes database

NTF	Lotus Notes database template

O

OBD	Microsoft Office binder template

OBD	Microsoft Office Binder

OBJ	Object file

OBZ	Microsoft Office Binder Wizard

OCX	Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding custom control

OFN	Microsoft Office FileNew file

OFT	Microsoft Outlook template

OLB	OLE Object Library

OLE	OLE object

ORG	Organiser file

P

P10	Tektronix Plot 10 drawing

PAB	Microsoft Personal Address Book

PAK	Quake WAD file

PAL	Windows colour palette

PAT	Corel Draw pattern

PBK	Microsoft Phonebook

PBM	Portable Bitmap

PCD	Kodak Photo-CD image

PCL	HP Laserjet bitmap

PCS	PICS animation

PCT	Macintosh PICT drawing

PCX	ZSoft PC Paintbrush bitmap

PDF	Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format or Netware Printer Definition File

PFA	Type 1 font (ASCII)

PFB	Type 1 font (binary)

PFC	PF Component

PFM	Printer Font Metrics

PGL	HP Plotter drawing

PGM	Portable Graymap (bitmap)

PIC	PC Paint bitmap

PIC	Lotus picture

PIC	Macintosh PICT drawing

PIF	Program Information File

PIF	IBM PIF drawing

PIG	Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file

PIN	Epic Pinball data file

PIN	Epic Pinball data file

PIX	Inset Systems bitmap

PL	Perl program

PLT	HPGL Plotter drawing

PLT	AutoCAD Plot drawing

PM5	Pagemaker 5.0 file

PM6	Pagemaker 6.0 file

P65	Pagemaker 6.5 file

PNG	Portable Network Graphics bitmap

PNG	Paint Shop Pro Browser catalogue

PNT	MacPaint graphic file

POT	Microsoft PowerPoint Template

PP4	Picture Publisher 4 bitmap

PPA	Microsoft PowerPoint Add-in

PPM	Portable Pixelmap bitmap

PPS	Microsoft PowerPoint slide show

PPT	Microsoft PowerPoint presentation

PRE	Lotus Freelance presentation

PRF	Windows system file

PRN	Print Table (space delimited text)

PRS	Harvard Graphics for Windows presentation

PS	Postscript Interpreted drawing

PSD	Adobe Photoshop bitmap

PST	Microsoft Outlook Personal Folder File

PUB	Ventura Publisher publication

PUB	Microsoft Publisher document

PWD	Microsoft Pocket Word document

PWZ	Microsoft PowerPoint Wizard

PXL	Microsoft Pocket Excel spreadsheet

Q

QAD	PF QuickArt Document

QBW	QuickBooks for Windows file

QLB	Quick Library

QRY	Microsoft Query

QT	QuickTime Movie

QTM	QuickTime Movie

QXD	Quark XPress file

R

RA	Real Audio sound

RAM	Real Audio sound

RAS	Sun Raster Images bitmap

RAW	Raw File Format (bitmap)

RC	Microsoft Visual C++ Resource Script

REC	Recorder macro

REG	Registration file

RES	Microsoft Visual C++ Resource

RFT	RFT-DCA

RLE	Run-Length Encoded bitmap

RM	Real Audio video file

RMI	MIDI music

ROV	Rescue Rover data file

RPT	Microsoft Visual Basic Crystal Reports file

RTF	Rich Text Format document

S

SAM	Ami Professional document

SAV	Saved game file

SC2	Microsoft Schedule+ 7

SCD	Matrix/Imapro SCODL slide image

SCD	Microsoft Schedule+ 7

SCH	Microsoft Schedule+ 1

SCN	trueSpace2 scene

SCP	Dial-Up Networking Script

SCR	Windows screensaver

SCR	Fax image

SCT	Scitex CT bitmap

SDL	SmartDraw library

SDR	SmartDraw drawing

SDT	SmartDraw template

SEA	Self-expanding archive (used by Stuffit for Mac files and possibly by others)

SEP	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap

SHB	Corel Show presentation

SHB	Document shortcut file

SHG	Hotspot bitmap

SHS	Shell scrap file

SHW	Corel Show presentation

SIT	Stuffit archive of Mac files

SLK	Symbolic Link (SYLK) spreadsheet

SND	NeXT sound

SND	Mac Sound Resource

STY	Ventura Publisher style sheet

SVX	Amiga 8SVX sound

SYS	System file

T

TAR	Tape Archive

TAZ	Unix Gzip/Tape Archive

TEX	Texture file

TGA	Targa bitmap

TGZ	Unix Gzip/Tape Archive

THEME	Windows 95 Desktop Theme

THN	Graphics Workshop for Windows thumbnail

TIF	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap

TIFF	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap

TIG	Tiger file, used by US government to distribute maps

TLB	OLE Type Library

TMP	Windows temporary file

TRM	Terminal file

TTF	TrueType font

TWF	TabWorks file

TWW	Tagwrite Template

TX8	MS-DOS Text

TXT	Text

U

UDF	Windows NT Uniqueness Database File

URL	Internet shortcut

V

VBP	Visual Basic Project

VBX	Visual Basic custom control

VCF	Vevi Configuration File; defines objects for use with Sense8's WorldToolKit

VDA	Targa bitmap

VI	Virtual Instrument file from National Instruments LABView product

VLB	Corel Ventura Library

VOC	Creative Labs Sound Blaster sound

VP	Ventura Publisher publication

VST	Targa bitmap

VSW	Visio Workspace file

W

WAD	Large file for Doom game containing video, player level, and other information

WAV	Windows Waveform sound

WB1	QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet

WB2	QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet

WBK	Microsoft Word Backup

WBL	Argo WebLoad II upload file

WCM	WordPerfect Macro

WDB	Microsoft Works database

WEB	CorelXara Web document

WGP	Wild Board Games data file

WID	Ventura width table

WIL	WinImage file

WIZ	Microsoft Word Wizard

WK1	Lotus 123 versions 1 & 2 spreadsheet

WK3	Lotus 123 version 3 spreadsheet

WK4	Lotus 123 version 4 spreadsheet

WKS	Lotus 123 Worksheet spreadsheet

WKS	Microsoft Works document

WLF	Argo WebLoad I upload file

WLL	Microsoft Word Add-In

WMF	Windows Metafile

WP	WordPerfect document

WPW	Novel PerfectWorks document

WP4	WordPerfect 4 document

WP5	WordPerfect 5 document

WP6	WordPerfect 6 document

WPD	WordPerfect Demo

WPD	WordPerfect Document

WPG	WordPerfect Graphic

WPS	Microsoft Works document

WPT	WordPerfect Template

WQ1	QuattroPro/DOS spreadsheet

WQ2	QuattroPro/DOS version 5 spreadsheet

WRI	Write document

WRL	Virtual Reality model

WS1	WordStar for Windows 1 document

WS2	WordStar for Windows 2 document

WS3	WordStar for Windows 3 document

WS4	WordStar for Windows 4 document

WS5	WordStar for Windows 5 document

WS6	WordStar for Windows 6 document

WS7	WordStar for Windows 7 document

WSD	WordStar 2000 document

WVL	Wavelet Compressed Bitmap

X

XAR	Corel Xara drawing

XLA	Microsoft Excel add-in

XLB	Microsoft Excel toolbar

XLC	Microsoft Excel chart

XLD	Microsoft Excel dialogue

XLK	Microsoft Excel backup

XLM	Microsoft Excel macro

XLS	Microsoft Excel worksheet

XLT	Microsoft Excel template

XLV	Microsoft Excel VBA module

XLW	Microsoft Excel workbook / workspace

XR1	Epic MegaGames Xargon data file

XTP	XTree data file

XY3	XYWrite III document

XY4	XYWrite IV document

XYP	XYWrite III Plus document

XYW	XYWrite for Windows 4.0 document

Y

YAL	Arts & Letters clipart library

YBK	Microsoft Encarta Yearbook

Z

Z	Unix Gzip	Compressed

ZIP	Zip file	Compressed archive

Numbers and symbols

000-999	Used to number old (backup) versions of files (for example, CONFIG.SYS when changed by an installation program); also used to number related data files for multiple users of a small- scale PC application

2GR and 3GR	VGA Graphics driver/configuration files under Windows

386	A file for use in an 80386 or higher microprocessor

#01 and higher	A method of numbering picture files for a roll of film that has been scanned for computer presentation

$$$	Used by OS/2 to keep track of archived files

@@@	Screen files used in the installation and instruction on use of such applications as Microsoft Codeview for C

Thanks very, very very much to the ”Corel and Ventura User’s Group”!

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List of file formats (Mac)
List of Mac Creators and File types

This list has been created by Morten Dreier, mdreier@itea.unit.no

DOS/Unix file type	Extn	Type	Creator	Mac application

README.1ST files	.1ST	TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

Amiga 8SVC sound	.8svc	8SVC	SCPL	SoundApp

Assembler source	.A	TEXT	MPS	MPW shell

AIFF sound	.AIF	AIFF	SNDM	SoundMachine

AIFF	SCPL	SoundApp

ALAW sound	.AL	ALAW	SNDM	SoundMachine

ALAW	SCPL	SoundApp

Animated NeoChrome	.ANI	ANIi	GKON	GraphicConverter

Text with Layout  ???	.ANS	(Claris converter exists)

Aldus Printer Descript	.APD	TEXT	ALD3	Aldus PageMaker

ARC archives	.ARC	mArc	arc*	ArcMac

mArc	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

ARJ archives	.ARJ	????	DArj	DeArj

ASCII text file	.ASC	TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

Assembler source	.ASM	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

mu-law audio file	.AU	ULAW	SNDM	SoundMachine

ULAW	SCPL	SoundApp

AVI movie	.AVI	BINA	AVIC	AVI-to-QT utility

Unix BAR archive	.BAR	BARF	S691	Suntar

BASIC source	.BAS	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

DOS batch script	.BAT	TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

OS/2 bitmap (=.BMP)	.BGA	BMPp	JVWR	JPEGView (see .BMP for alts)

BibTex bibliography	.BIB	TEXT	*TEX	Textures

MacBinary	.BIN	TEXT	GJBU	MacBinary II

BINA	MB2P	MacBinary II+

BINA	SITx	Stuffit Expander

Windows, OS/2 bitmap	.BMP	BMPp	JVWR	JPEGView

BMPp	GKON	GraphicConverter

BOO-encoded	.BOO	TEXT	R*ch	(no Mac BOO decoder)

BibTex style	.BST	TEXT	*TEX	Textures

SGI image	.BW	SGI	GKON	GraphicConverter

C source	.C	TEXT	KAHL	or your favourite C compiler

TEXT	MMCC	Metrowerks C

Computer Graphics meta	.CGM	CGMm	GKON	GraphicConverter

OS/2 batch script	.CMD	TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

MS-DOS executable	.COM	PCFA	PCXT	SoftPC

BINA	mdos	(for a generic DOS icon)

C++ source	.CP	TEXT	(see .C)

C++ source	.CPP	TEXT	(see .C)

CompactPro archives	.CPT	PACT	CPCT	CptExpand

PACT	SITx	Stuffit Expander

Comma-separated vars	.CSV	TEXT	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

Scitex-CT	.CT	..CT	GKON	GraphicConverter

..CT	8BIM	PhotoShop

Dr Halo image	.CUT	Halo	GKON	GraphicConverter

Canvas	.CVS	drw2	DAD2	Canvas

dBASE database file	.DBF	COMP	FOX+	FoxBase+ Mac

Some PCX images	.DCX	DCXx	GKON	GraphicConverter

Data Interchange Format	.DIF	TEXT	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

BBS description text	.DIZ	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

DL animation	.DL	DLdl	GKON	GraphicConverter

DL	AnVw	Mac Anim Viewer

DL	BGDL	DL player

Win dynamic link lib	.DLL	PCFL	PCXT	SoftPC

MS Word DOS / Word Win	.DOC	WDBN	MSWD	Microsoft Word for Mac

Word-for-Win template	.DOT	sDBN	MSWD	Microsoft Word for Mac

MultiMate 4.0	.DOX	(Claris converter exists)

TeX DVI	.DVI	ODVI	OTEX	OzTex

DVI2	*TEX	Textures

AutoCAD 3D data	.DXF	TEXT	SWVL	??

Encapsulated Postscript	.EPS	EPSF	vgrd	(icon from LaserWriter driver)

EPSF	GKON	GraphicConverter

EPSF	8BIM	PhotoShop

Setext	.ETX	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Envoy document	.EVY	ENVD	ENVY	Envoy

MS-DOS executable	.EXE	PCFA	PCXT	SoftPC

BINA	mdos	(for a generic DOS icon)

FAQ text file	.FAQ	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Flexible Img Trnspt Sys	.FIT	FITS	GKON	GraphicConverter

Animator Pro FLIC file	.FLC	FLI	GKON	GraphicConverter

FLI	AnVw	Mac Anim Viewer

Animator FLIC file	.FLI	FLI	GKON	GraphicConverter

FLI	AnVw	Mac Anim Viewer

pFLI	<pi>FLI

FileMaker	.FM	FMPR	FMPR	FileMaker Pro

FORTRAN source	.FOR	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

TEXT	CFRT	MacTRAN Plus

Flexible Img Trnspt Sys	.FTS	FITS	GKON	GraphicConverter

GEM metafile	.GEM	GEM-	GKON	GraphicConverter

Graphics Interchange	.GIF	GIFf	JVWR	JPEGView

GIFf	GKON	GraphicConverter

GIFf	8BIM	PhotoShop

GL (GRASP) animation	.GL	GL	AnVw	Mac Anim Viewer

GRP image	.GRP	GRPp	GKON	GraphicConverter

Gzip archive	.GZ	Gzip	Gzip	MacGzip

Gzip	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

C header	.H	TEXT	KAHL	or your favourite C compiler

TEXT	MMCC	Metrowerks C

C++ header	.HP	TEXT	(see .H)

HP-GL/2	.hpgl	HPGL	GKON	GraphicConverter

C++ header	.HPP	TEXT	(see .H)

BinHex encoded	.HQX	TEXT	SITx	Stuffit Expander

BnHq	Binhex 4

Hypertext markup	.HTM	TEXT	MOS!	NCSA Mosaic

TEXT	MWEB	MacWeb

.html	(see .HT	M)

Modula3 interface	.I3	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Atari Imagic	.IC1	IMAG	GKON	GraphicConverter

IC2	IMAG	GKON    GraphicConverter

IC3	IMAG	GKON    GraphicConverter

Windows icon	.ICN	ICO	GKON	GraphicConverter

Windows icon	.ICO	ICO	GKON	GraphicConverter

Amiga IFF image	.IFF	ILBM	GKON	GraphicConverter

ILBM	8BIM	PhotoShop

Amiga ILBM	.ilbm	ILBM	(see .IFF)

Apple diskette image	.image	dImg	dCpy	DiskCopy

GEM bit image/XIMG	.IMG	IMGg	GKON	GraphicConverter

KONTRON image	.IMG	KONT	GKON	GraphicConverter

Windows INI text	.INI	TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

JPEG image	.jfif	JFIF	JVWR	JPEGView

JFIF	GKON	GraphicConverter

JPEG image	.JPE	JPEG	JVWR	JPEGView (see .JPG for alts)

JPEG image	.jpeg	JPEG	JVWR	JPEGView (see .JPG for alts)

JPEG image	.JPG	JPEG	JVWR	JPEGView

JPEG	GKON	GraphicConverter

JPEG	8BIM	PhotoShop

Amiga IFF image	.LBM	ILBM	GKON	GraphicConverter

LHarc archive	.LHA	LHA	LARC	MacLHA

LHarc archive	.LZH	LHA	LARC	MacLHA

.M	TEXT	OMEG

MPEG2 movie	.M2V	MPG2	MPG2	MPEG2decoder

Modula 3 source	.M3	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Mac PICT image	.MAC	PICT	dPro	MacDraw Pro

MacPaint B&W	.MAC	PNTG	GKON	GraphicConverter

Make text file	.MAK	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

MS Word for Mac	.MCW	WDBN	MSWD	MS Word for Mac

READ.ME text files	.ME	TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

Amiga MED sound	.MED	STrk	SCPL	SoundApp

MIDI music file	.MID	Midi	ttxt	SimpleText, Quicktime trans.

FrameMaker file	.MIF	TEXT	Fram	FrameMaker

Metafont	.MF	TEXT	*MF*	Metafont

ML source	.ML	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Amiga MOD soundtrack	.MOD	STrk	SCPL	SoundApp

QuickTime movie	.moov	MooV	TVOD	SimplePlayer/MoviePlayer

MooV	ttxt	SimpleText

QuickTime movie	.MOV	MooV	TVOD	SimplePlayer/MoviePlayer

MooV	ttxt	SimpleText

MultiPlan	.MP	(Claris converter exists)

MPEG movie	.MPE	MPEG	mMPG	(see .MPG)

MPEG movie	.mpeg	MPEG	mMPG	Sparkle

MPEG movie	.MPG	MPEG	mMPG	Sparkle

Microsoft Paint	.MSP	MSPp	GKON	GraphicConverter

MacWrite document	.MW	WORD	MWII	MacWrite II

Atari NeoChrome	.NEO	NeoC	GKON	GraphicConverter

MS-DOS object file	.OBJ	PCFL	PCXT	Soft PC

BINA	mdos	(for generic DOS icon)

ODA document	.ODA	ODIF	ODA	MacODA XTND translator

text output file	.OUT	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

MS-DOS overlay file	.OVL	PCFL	PCXT	SoftPC

BINA	mdos	(for generic DOS icon)

Pascal source	.P	TEXT	MPS	MPW shell

TEXT	MWPS	Metrowerks Pascal

TEXT	PJMM	THINK Pascal

Atari STAD	.PAC	STAD	GKON	GraphicConverter

Pascal source	.PAS	TEXT	(see .P)

Portable bit-map	.PBM	PPGM	GKON	GraphicConverter

Atari Degas	.PC1	Dega	GKON	Graphicconverter

.PC2	Dega	GKON	GraphicConverter

PC3	Dega	GKON	GraphicConverter

Animated PICTs	.PCS	PICS	GKON	GraphicConverter

Mac PICT	.PCT	PICT	ttxt	SimpleText

PICT	JVWR	JPEGView

PICT	8BIM	Photoshop

PC PaintBrush	.PCX	PCXx	GKON	GraphicConverter

Portable Doc Format	.PDF	PDF	CARO	Adobe Acrobat Reader

Printer Description	.PDX	TEXT	ALD4	Aldus PageMaker

Portable bit-map	.PGM	PPGM	GKON	GraphicConverter

Atari Degas	.PI1	Dega	GKON	GraphicConverter

.PI2	Dega	GKON	GraphicConverter

.PI3	Dega	GKON	GraphicConverter

Mac PICT	.PIC	PICT	ttxt	SimpleText

PICT	JVWR	JPEGView

PICT	GKON	GraphicConverter

PICT	8BIM	PhotoShop

IBM PIC image	.PIC	IPIC	GKON	GraphicConverter

Lotus PIC image	.PIC	LPIC	GKON	GraphicConverter

PC Paint image	.PIC	PC p	GKON	GraphicConverter

Atari screen-shot	.PIC	PICc	GKON	GraphicConverter

Mac PICT	.pict	(see .PIC, first)

Packit archive	.PIT	PIT	UPIT	Unpackit

PIT	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

AppleLink package	.PKG	GEOL	HBSF	AppleLink

GEOL	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

Perl source	.PL	TEXT	McPL	MacPERL

HP-GL/2	.PLT	HPGL	GKON	GraphicConverter

Bit-map from xv	.PM	PMpm	GKON	GraphicConverter

PageMaker 3 document	.PM3	ALB3	ALD3	Aldus PageMaker 3

PageMaker 4 document	.PM4	ALB4	ALD4	Aldus PageMaker 4

PageMaker 5 document	.PM5	ALB5	ALD5	Aldus PageMaker 5

Superpaint painting	.pntg	PNTG	SPNT	Superpaint

Postscript Printer Desc	.PPD	TEXT	ALD4	Aldus PageMaker

TEXT	ttxt	SimpleText

Portable bit-map	.PPM	PPGM	GKON	GraphicConverter

Printer output file	.PRN	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

PostScript file	.PS	TEXT	vgrd	(icon from LaserWriter driver)

PhotoShop 2.5 Document	.PSD	8BPS	8BIM	PhotoShop

8BPS	GKON	GraphicConverter

PageMaker 4 template	.PT4	ALT4	ALD4	Aldus PageMaker 4

PageMaker 5 template	.PT5	ALT5	ALD5	Aldus PageMaker 5

Pixar image	.PXR	PXR	8BIM	PhotoShop

QuickTime movie	.QT	MooV	TVOD	SimplePlayer

QuarkXpress document	.QXD	XDOC	XPR3	QuarkXpress

QuarkXpress template	.QXT	XTMP	XPR3	QuarkXpress

PhotoShop raw image	.RAW	????	8BIM	PhotoShop

Read-me text file	.readme	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

DCA Revisable Form Text	.RFT	(Claris converter exists)

SGI image	.RGB	SGI	GKON	GraphicConverter

.rgba	(see .RG	B)

Renderman 3D data	.RIB	TEXT	RINI	Renderman

RIFF graphic	.RIF	RIFF	GKON	GraphicConverter

Utah raster graphic	.RLE	RLE	GKON	GraphicConverter

Read-me text file	.RME	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Replica document	.RPL	FRL!	REP!	Replica

ResEdit resource file	.RSC	rsrc	RSED	ResEdit

ResEdit resource file	.rsrc	rsrc	RSED	ResEdit

Rich Text Format	.RTF	TEXT	MSWD	MS Word for Mac

Rich Text	.RTX	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

ColoRIX	.SCG	RIX3	GKON	GraphicConverter

ColoRIX	.SCI	RIX3	GKON	GraphicConverter

ColoRIX	.SCP	RIX3	GKON	GraphicConverter

PC Paintbrush	.SCR	(see .PCX)

ColoRIX	.SCR	RIX3	GKON	GraphicConverter

ColoRIX	.SCU	RIX3	GKON	GraphicConverter

Self-extracting archive	.SEA	APPL	????

IRCAM sound file	.SF	IRCM	SDHK

SGI image	.SGI	SGI	GKON	GraphicConverter

Unix Shell archive	.SHA	TEXT	UnSh	UnShar

.shar	TEXT	UnSh	UnShar

Printmaster icon libr	.SHP	SHPp	GKON	GraphicConverter

Stuffit archive	.SIT	SIT!	SITx	Stuffit Expander

Stuffit Deluxe archive	SITD	SITx	Stuffit Expander

Stuffit/HQX encoded	.sithqx	TEXT	SITx	Stuffit Expander

Symbolic Link format	.SLK	TEXT	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

Atari Spectrum 512	.SPC	Spec	GKON	GraphicConverter

Sun raster image	.SR	SUNn	GKON	GraphicConverter

TeX style	.STY	TEXT	*TEX	Textures

Sun raster image	.SUN	SUNn	GKON	GraphicConverter

StartupScreen	.SUP	SCRN	GKON	GraphicConverter

SCRN	8BIM	PhotoShop

Amiga IFF sound	.SVX	8SVX	SCPL	SoundApp

Symbolic Link format	.SYK	TEXT	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

Symbolic Link format	.sylk	(see .SLK/.SYK)

Unix Tape archive	.TAR	TARF	TAR	Tar

TARF	S691	SunTar

Truevision image	.targa	(see .TGA)

Compressed TAR file	.TAZ	ZIVU	Gzip	MacGzip

ZIVU	LZIV	MacCompress

ZIVU	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

TEX document	.TEX	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

TEXT	OTEX	OzTex

TEXT	*TEX	Textures

Truevision image	.TGA	TPIC	8BIM	PhotoShop

TARG	GKON	GraphicConverter

GZipped TAR file	.TGZ	Gzip	Gzip	MacGzip

Gzip	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

TIFF image	.TIF	TIFF	JVWR	JPEGView

TIFF	GKON	GraphicConverter

TIFF	8BIM	PhotoShop

TIFF image	.tiff	(see .TIF)

Atari TINY bitmap	.TNY	TINY	GKON	GraphicConverter

Tab-separated values	.TSV	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

8-bit ASCII text	.TX8	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

ASCII text	.TXT	TEXT	R*ch	BBEdit

Uniform Rsrce Locator	.URL	AURL	Arch	Anarchie

UU encoded	.UU	TEXT	KAIU	UUwrench

TEXT	uuUN	uuUndo

UU encoded	.UUE	(see .UU)

DESR VFF greyscale	.VFF	VFFf	GKON	GraphicConverter

OS/2 bitmap (=.BMP)	.VGA	BMPp	JVWR	JPEGView (see .BMP for alts)

SoundBlaster VOC sound	.VOC	VOC	SCPL	SoundApp

WordPerfect PC 5.1	.W51	(see .WP5)

Windows sound file	.WAV	WAVE	SCPL	SoundApp

Lotus worksheet rel 2	.WK1	XLBN	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

Lotus worksheet rel 3	.WK3	XLBN	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

Lotus worksheet rel 1	.WKS	WKS	L123	Lotus 123

XLBN	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

Windows metafile	.WMF	WMF	GKON	GraphicConverter

WordPerfect PC 4.2	.WP	WPPC	SSIW	WordPerfect Mac 1.0.2

WordPerfect PC 5	.WP5	.WP5	WPC2	WordPerfect Mac 2

WPPC	WPC3	WordPerfect Mac 3

WordPerfect graphic	.WPG	WPGf	GKON	GraphicConverter

WordPerfect Mac	.WPM	WPD1	WPC2	WordPerfect Mac

MS Works DOS w-p doc	.WPS

MS Write for Windows	.WRI	WDBN	MSWD	MS Word for Mac

MS Works DOS w-p doc	.WWP	(Claris converter exists)

X-windows dump	.X10	XWDd	GKON	GrpahicConverter

X-windows dump	.X11	XWDd	GKON	GraphicConverter

X11 bitmap	.XBM	XBM	GKON	GraphicConverter

MS Excel worksheet	.XL	XLS	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

MS Excel chart	.XLC	XLC	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

MS Excel macro	.XLM	XLM	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

MS Excel worksheet	.XLS	XLS	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

MS Excel workspace	.XLW	XLW	XCEL	MS Excel Mac

ASCII bitmap	.XPM	XPM	GKON	GraphicConverter

X-windows dump	.XWD	XWDd	GKON	GraphicConverter

Unix compressed file	.Z	ZIVU	LZIV	MacCompress

ZIVU	Gzip	MacGzip

ZIVU	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

Unix Gzip-ed(early use)	.z	Gzip	Gzip	MacGzip (see .GZ for alts)

PKzip archive	.ZIP	pZIP	pZIP	Unzip

pZIP	Gzip	MacGzip

pZIP	SITx	Stuffit Expander with DSEE

ZIP	ZIP	ZipIt

Zoo archive	.ZOO	Zoo	Booz	Booz

Default	BINA	mdos	DOS binary icon

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Shareware - full (registered) version
Shareware – full (registered) version

This is the Shareware version of Extension Manager.

The Shareware version is not crippled in any way. But, please understand that I cannot provide any support or further help with the shareware version.

If you decide to use Extension Manager regularly, you must purchase the full version.

Why getting the full version?

•	You’ll get rid of the nag screen

•	You’ll get support by e-mail

•	You’ll get the program ”SysClear” for free. This program will help to save and restore the Windows registry.

•	You’ll help me to keep on developing apps like this.

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Terms of use - disclaimer
Terms of use – disclaimer

Every use of the program is to the user’s own risk, I cannot accept any liability at all. With appropriate use, there should be no damage, as far as one can possibly judge – still we have to bear in mind that we are dealing with computers ;-) But with improper use, there is a risk of damaging the Windows system or a program installation.

By starting the program, you declare your agreement with the terms of use pointed out here.

Beyond that, I’m grateful for any bug report – please send it to the author’s address.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM’S SHAREWARE VERSION IS EXPRESSLY WELCOME (as well on Shareware compilations)!

It’s not permitted to change the program in any way. The documentation has to be passed on entirely and unchanged.

Matthias Schüssler, 2.3.98

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Register form
Register/Order form

Please fill in this form (overwrite the lines), copy it to your e-mail client and mail it to:

matthias.schuessler@bluewin.ch

Or copy it to the Windows notepad, print it and send it to the following postal address.

Matthias Schüssler, Thurtalstrasse 198, 8478 Thalheim, Switzerland

Company:	_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

First name:	_________________________________________________

Last name:	_________________________________________________

Address:	_________________________________________________

Country:	_________________________________________________

ZIP code:	_________________________________________________

City:	_________________________________________________

Phone no:	_________________________________________________

Fax:	_________________________________________________

e-mail:	____________________@____________________________

Please check ([X]):

[ ]	I would like to register Extension Manager Version 1.0.0.39 or higher. Please send me the full version!

Shipment. Deliver the program by…

[ ]	e-mail.

The amount of 25 sFr/18 US$, I …

[ ] have transferred to your account (ZKB, CH-8450 Andelfingen, Account 1122-0599.657).

[ ] have paid by check.

[ ]	Snail Mail. (Normal mail)

The amount of 30 sFr/25 US$, I…

[ ] have transferred to your account (ZKB, CH-8450 Andelfingen, Account 1122-0599.657).

[ ] have paid by check/enclosed cash with the envelope.

The program will be shipped as soon as the payment is made. The risk of loss is entirely taken by the buyer.

Shipment by e-mail means: the program is sent by e-mail attachment. Snail mail shipment is slightly more expensive, because the program is shipped on floppy disk by postal mail. (Online-Registration will be available soon!)

Further questions (optional):

Where did you find Extension Manager?

I got it from here:	____________________________________________

How frequent do you use it?	____________________________________________

How do you use it?	[ ]   commercial	[ ]   in private

Further comments on Extension Manager – what could be improved/implemented in a coming version?

____________________________________________________________________

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Author's address
Author’s address

Matthias Schüssler

Thurtalstrasse 198

8478 Thalheim an der Thur

Switzerland

matthias.schuessler@bluewin.ch

http://www.digipress.ch/msc


Online-Registration
Online-Registration will be available soon!

I am working on online registration and secure payment by credit card or toll free phone number.
This service will be available for your convenience as soon as possible! Be sure to check my homepage (http://www.digipress.ch/msc) regularly in order to find out when the service is ready!