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File Type Manager is a Windows utility program that allows you to manage Windows file types, actions and shell extensions. It offers far more functionality than similar programs or the built-in Windows tool. Apart from that it is one of the only programs available that allows you to manage shell extensions.

New features in version 2.0 of File Type Manager:

• updated user interface
• faster performance
• search feature
• support for file type flags
• support for new shell extension types
• documentation

Version 2.0.1 fixes a small bug that caused FTM to hang in some circumstances when querying CLSIDs.

Downloads:

File Type Manager 2.0.1
File Type Manager 2.0.0
File Type Manager 1.0.0

Source Code:

Due to the renewed popularity of File Type Manager (mainly because of Windows Vista) I've decided to make the source code available. Maybe somebody else feels like working on this program some more. Keep in mind that I wrote this when in high school and just learning how to program, so it probably isn't the greatest code. Also it's written in Visual Basic 6. Ugh.

File Type Manager 2.0.1 Source Code

I've licensed it under the LGPL. It includes an ActiveX control that displays the file types, so you could re-use that somewhere else if you wanted to.

Version 2.0 Screenshots:

Main Window
Editing a File Type
Adding a File Extension
Find Dialog
Preferences Dialog
Editing Approved Shell Extensions
Editing MIME Content Types
CLSID Tool
About Dialog
Splash Screen