Questions tagged [preview-pane]
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How can I add default preview for files in Explorer?
If I click on a .ts (typescript) file and activate the Preview Pane in Windows Explorer, then I see a preview of the file:
Why? Because I set Notepad to open .ts files.
But I have .js files which I set Notepad++ to open them and I don't see a…
Royi Namir
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Disable only Excel previews in Windows 10 folder preview pane
Pretty self explanatory title.
I've got a Windows 10 machine with the preview pane turned on, because I often have to sort through PDFs. However, large Excel files hog the computer for 3-10 seconds at a time, when usually what I do with them is just…
Tom Granot
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How to make Windows 10 File Explorer preview pane black background and grey text?
Windows 10 File Explorer has preview pane (hotkey to turn it on/off is Alt + P).
It can be used to display content of text file and the default background color for it is white and the default text color for it is black.
I'm using Windows 10 Dark…
wood987
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Windows 10 File Explorer Preview Pane blocks itself
As soon as I select a file, it shows the content in the preview pane, and is then immediately replaced with the message "This file can't be previewed because it is in use." If I click to disable and then re-enable the Preview pane button in the…
Peter Brand
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Why is Windows 10 Explorer preview pane not showing regular TXT files?
My Windows 10 preview pane in Explorer is not showing the preview for regular .txt files. It simply displays No preview available.
How do I fix this?
Marcelo Glasberg
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Set background color of Windows 10 File Explorer Preview Pane?
I'm a big fan of dark mode, but I'm severely annoyed by the fact that the Preview Pane of Windows 10 File Explorer is completely white for file like .cpp, .h, .cs, etc... and I looked around the web for a solution that possibly doesn't involve third…
user1751917
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In the file explorer preview pane how do I remove numbered lines from .txt files?
In Windows 11, how do I remove numbered lines from .txt/notepad files in the file explorer preview pane? Other files, like .docx, appear just fine. It's just .txt files that seem to have this line numbering. There's also a weird loading thing other…
user1700802
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Can I disable animations in the Explorer Preview of Powerpoint files?
I like that Windows Explorer can quickly preview the contents of Office files in the Preview pane (View ➡️ Preview pane). However, some Powerpoint presentations have animations on every slide change, which makes quickly scrolling through the slides…
Saaru Lindestøkke
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Windows Explorer's Preview Pane blocks HTML images in Windows 7
Why does it do this and how can I fix this in Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 11.
SfinxRo
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