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RAR perceived type = Unspecified?

Posted: 07 Jan 2017 05:19
by Luigi
I couldn't find any way to make RAR's perceived type "Compressed" like ZIP

If perceived types are hard-coded data, can we add 7-Zip, RAR files as Compressed too?

Re: RAR perceived type = Unspecified?

Posted: 07 Jan 2017 11:37
by highend
Are you talking about what the "Type" column displays?

Re: RAR perceived type = Unspecified?

Posted: 07 Jan 2017 20:21
by Luigi
There is column named "Perceived Type"

Re: RAR perceived type = Unspecified?

Posted: 07 Jan 2017 20:45
by highend
That is a column, that displays what the shell returns. This has nothing to do with XYplorer!

To change / add file extensions, edit the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes
If there is no key for ".rar", create one
Than add a new string value called "PerceivedType"
and give it the value "Compressed".

Restart XYplorer to let it see the changed value for your files

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... ived_types

Re: RAR perceived type = Unspecified?

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 03:53
by Luigi
Okay I did it and it works. Thanks, we can close this then