<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
  myActiveXObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  file = myActiveXObject.GetFile("f:\\yehuda\test.txt");
  alert(file.Type);
// -->
</SCRIPT>

Here is the popout windows that you'll get for three different types of files:

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