getting name of a file extension from explorer

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Brian Henry

How do you go about getting the "type" of a file from explorer? Say if I
want to know what the type for the extension .DOC was, which is "Micrsoft
Word Document" in explorer, how would I do this? I just want to get the name
of the extension.. I do not have the physical file to reference for this, I
just want to make a listing similar to that of the one in explorer's folder
options under the file types tab. Thanks!
 
yes, but doesn't that require a file that already exists to be passed to it?
I've tried it before with files that exists and got it to work, but never
with just a filename with no physical path to a existing file, which is what
I need.
 

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