string fileType = string.Empty; string path = @"C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\woman.jpg"; using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)) { for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) { fileType += fs.ReadByte().ToString(); } } Console.WriteLine((FileType) Convert.ToInt32(fileType)); public enum FileType { doc, xls, ppt, wps = 208207, docx, pptx, xlsx, zip = 8075, txt = 5150, gif = 7173, jpg = 255216, png = 13780, bmp = 6677, }