Overview
What is FileInformation?
is an ActiveX component that lets you create an Explorer-like property page in Visual Basic.
In depth
A closer look at FileInformation
Simply enter a filename into the component's filename property and you'll be able to retrieve the file's size, associated icon, type, folder location, MS-DOS name, MS-DOS folder name, created date, last accessed date, last modified date and attributes. When specifying an executable file, FileInformation will also tell you what type of EXE file it is.
Verdict
Should you download FileInformation?
FileInformation runs on
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 227 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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At a glance
FileInformation specifications
- Publisher
-
J. Barry Autard
- Last updated
- Apr 26, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 227 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 544
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