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SVG support in Windows10 file explorer
When we open a folder in windows 10 with bunch of svg images, i have to open each of them individually to know what image that is. It would be great if we had support for preview all of these images in one go using Extra Large/Large Icons from the View folder menu.
Just install Microsoft Powertoys it comes with this feature in the newest version 0.20 and it also allow previewing svg files.
Anoir Ben Tanfous Powertoys did the work. Thanks, guys!
- Nice, that's good to hear!
- PowerToys is the best way and it is developed by Microsoft themselves. However, I do agree that at this point it should just be default in File Explorer, at least for smaller file sizes.
- Hi,
which program do you use to open your SVG files?HotCakeX I use internet explorer which seems to be the default program available on the system.
- I think if you had a photo viewer program installed that could also open SVG files, then you would be able to see SVG thumbnails in File Explorer.
The best third-party software I use is to download the SVG Explorer Extension TanujMittal
I hope it's a reversible problem for my Windows 10 but here's the tip.
https://dotz-softwares.software.informer.com/
But for some reason, after years of using, on this date, 06-03-2020 I realized that it is not working as expected.
artintech Yes. These also work. But I like to avoid 3rd party extensions as they tend to bloat up and slow down the system. Would be nice if we had built in support like it exists for other file formats such as png, jpeg, gif etc.
- an extension sounds good. Photos app on Windows 10 supports extensions. I install HVEC and AC1 extensions to watch those videos on Windows 10, so i think they can make a SVG extension for it too.
FYI, this developer has migrated through the closing of Google Code, to CodePlex, and from there finally to Github. There is a version 1.1.0 from May-2019 available. (Not to be confused with 0.1.1 being offered at software.informer)
https://github.com/tibold/svg-explorer-extension
If you try to install the 0.1.1 version you get a big red UAC prompt telling you that your Administrator has blocked installation. For anyone curious why, it's because the signing certificate was explicitly revoked.
TanujMittal you can use SvgShellExtensions tools free from here:
https://github.com/EtheaDev/SVGShellExtensions
to see a preview of svg files into Windows Explorer plus a useful editor to change the files.
