diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
index 563202f8f..69cad756b 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
@@ -145,25 +145,30 @@ public final class Settings {
          * The key for a list of suppression files.
          */
         public static final String SUPPRESSION_FILE = "suppression.file";
+        /**
+         * The properties key for whether the Jar Analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static final String ANALYZER_JAR_ENABLED = "analyzer.jar.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The properties key for whether the Archive analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static final String ANALYZER_ARCHIVE_ENABLED = "analyzer.archive.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The properties key for whether the .NET Assembly analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static final String ANALYZER_ASSEMBLY_ENABLED = "analyzer.assembly.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The properties key for whether the .NET Nuspec analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static final String ANALYZER_NUSPEC_ENABLED = "analyzer.nuspec.enabled";
+        /**
+         * The properties key for whether the JavaScript analyzer is enabled.
+         */
+        public static final String ANALYZER_JAVASCRIPT_ENABLED = "analyzer.javascript.enabled";
         /**
          * The properties key for whether the Nexus analyzer is enabled.
          */
-        @Deprecated
         public static final String ANALYZER_NEXUS_ENABLED = "analyzer.nexus.enabled";
-        /**
-         * The properties key used to determine if a given file type analyzer is enabled;
-         */
-        private static final String FILE_ANALYZER_ENABLED = "analyzer.%s.enabled";
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the properties file key to determine if a given File Type Analyzer is enabled.
-         *
-         * @param key the properties file ID for a given FileTypeAnalyzer (jar, nexus, etc.)
-         * @return the properties file key for enabling/disabling a given File Type Analyzer
-         */
-        public static final String getFileAnalyzerEnabledKey(String key) {
-            return String.format(FILE_ANALYZER_ENABLED, key);
-        }
         /**
          * The properties key for the Nexus search URL.
          */
@@ -533,6 +538,7 @@ public final class Settings {
      * the values in the contained configuration file.
      *
      * @param key the key to lookup within the properties file
+     * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the setting does not exist
      * @return the property from the properties file
      * @throws InvalidSettingException is thrown if there is an error retrieving the setting
      */
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 837c7c91f..48686bcd5 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ cve.startyear=2002
 cve.url-2.0.base=http://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-%d.xml
 cve.url-1.2.base=http://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-%d.xml
 
+# file type analyzer settings:
+analyzer.archive.enabled=true
+analyzer.jar.enabled=true
+analyzer.nuspec.enabled=true
+analyzer.assembly.enabled=true
+
 # the URL for searching Nexus for SHA-1 hashes and whether it's enabled
 analyzer.nexus.enabled=true
 analyzer.nexus.url=http://repository.sonatype.org/service/local/