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Openwith.org finds free programs to open unknown file types
OpenWith.org may not be the kind of program you need to install on your own computer, but it might be a good idea to load it on your parents or less technically-inclined acquaintances' machines.It's a simple application that integrates with the Windows right-click context menu. No program available to open a certain file? No problem. Right click on the icon and choose "How do I Open This?" OpenWith.org will open and offer download links for free programs that can handle the file in question.
A massive list of file types are supported and include categories like archives, images, documents, audio files, disk images, and more - there's a complete list on OpenWith.org. It's much larger than the list offered by Microsoft's Application Search, which Windows searches when you tell it to use the web service to find a program. It won't, for example, tell you Firefox is what opens .xpi files whereas OpenWith.org will.
The site is also a nice reference to bookmark for times when you just what, exactly, that file with the .xspf or .xxe extension is.
Openwith.org is a free program, and runs on 32-bit Windows systems only.
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Subscribe to commentsSøren Hartmann KristensenMar 11th 2009 7:42AM
Maybe I'm not in the primary segment for this function, but I think It's a bit annoying that it doesn't suggest the most obvious programs. Fx. If you ask for a program to open PDF's it only suggests foxit. Why not use Acrobat reader, it's as free.
Another one could be docx-files in wordpad-live, instead of only openoffice...
daveMar 11th 2009 6:59PM
"Why not use Acrobat reader, it's as free."
BWAHAHAHAHA
Adobe reader, pfft.
Jon Doe.Mar 28th 2009 2:19PM
*shrugs* I like the latest versions of Reader. Now reader 7-8...yah they sucked hard. But 9 is fast.