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Details for file extension .MD5 are on this page. Because there is no central registry for file extensions and their associated programs there may be multiple entries on this page. And, because there are many (some say over a million) such associations not all may be listed here.

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Extension: MD5
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
Checksum File for .SHN Audio
Specific Notes [What's This?]
(None) Recommended: Find MD5 errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
Note: This entry has not yet been verified by FILExt. It was submitted to the list and appeared to be accurate; however, no verification links have so far been found on the Internet. Please use this association data with that in mind.
This is record 7201 last modified on 2003-01-14 and created on 2003-01-14.

Extension: MD5
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
ExactFile MD5 Checksum Digest File		StudyLamp Software LLC.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
ExactFile is a free file integrity verification tool: Use it to make sure files copied to CD-ROM are bit-perfect copies, Use it to make sure backups copied from one drive to another are just right, Use it to make sure files haven’t been changed or damaged over time. This file contains a list of MD5 checksums for any number of files. Recommended: Find MD5 errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
	Text	None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 26539 last modified on 2009-02-24 and created on 2009-02-24.

Extension: MD5
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
fsum MD5 Checksum File		SlavaSoft Inc.
Specific Notes [What's This?]
Free command line checksum file creator/verifier. The .MD5 file contains file names and their MD5 hashes. Recommended: Find MD5 errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 14915 last modified on 2003-07-14 and created on 2003-07-14.

Extension: MD5
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
IsoBuster MD5 Checksum		Smart Projects
Specific Notes [What's This?]
The MD5 checksum file can be used in combination with many type files. But specifically if the *.MD5 file is used in combination with CD/DVD image files, IsoBuster comes in handy. IsoBuster opens the MD5 file and automatically loads the CD/DVD image file described in the MD5 file and automatically performs a checksum test to see if the image is correct. IsoBuster can also create MD5 files for image files. MD5 files are often distributed in combination with CD/DVD image files over the Internet. Recommended: Find MD5 errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		None
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 16631 last modified on 2004-04-21 and created on 2004-04-21.

Extension: MD5
Program and/or Extension Function [What's This?]		Company [What's This?]
MD5summer Checksum
Specific Notes [What's This?]
MD5summer is an application for Microsoft Windows 9x, NT, ME, 2000 and XP which generates and verifies md5 checksums. Its output file is compatible with the output of the Linux GNU MD5Sum and it will also read Linux-generated files. MD5summer produces a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message-digest" for each input file or it can check with the output of a former run to see if the message digests are still the same; i.e., whether the files changed. Recommended: Find MD5 errors now.
MIME Type [What's This?]	File Classification [What's This?]	Associated Links [What's This?]
		MD5 Generator
Identifying Characters [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
Program ID [What's This?]
(None or Unknown)
General Notes [What's This?]
(None)
This is record 7202 last modified on 2003-04-09 and created on 2003-01-14.

System Info for File Extension .MD5

FILExt has been given permission to display the file extension database produced by the Associate This! program. Some of that data has already been included into the main FILExt database; but, not all. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are shown below in the hope that they will be of some use. Data collected by FILExt on registered file extensions from user systems is also in the display. Be aware this is raw data which may require further research on your part to fully understand. In particular, look at the Program ID. Often a company will put the program's name into the short ID that Windows uses to open registered file extensions. If that's not the case, look at the complete path to the EXE file. Often, programs will install themselves into directories that give either the program or company name. The program name itself may also be used as the EXE file name. These listings are particularly important since they represent listings that are in actual use by users who have sumbitted data to FILExt and therefore these listings can point you to the most likely candidate should there be multiple entries in the FILExt main database.

General Info

• If the extension you are looking for is of the form .??_ the file is likely a compressed file and part of an install routine. When the install program runs it will expand the file and replace the underscore with the proper letter for the file type.
• If the file is sent as an audio file with any three-character extension it may be a dictation file where the extension is the dictator's initials; playable by BCB Voice Systems software (see ??? extension). The file could likewise be a dictation file in TrueSpeech format. Use Windows Sound Recorder and/or Media Player to play these back.
• If the extension you are looking for has a number at the end or is only a number and there were no results consider entering the same extension format using zero or one as some programs produce numbered split files but when the split can be extensive (e.g., .000-.999) only the first entry is in the database.

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