Feb 26 2020 10:00 PM - edited Feb 26 2020 10:01 PM
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.
Feb 27 2020 05:36 AM
Mar 01 2020 07:49 AM
@HotCakeX I use internet explorer which seems to be the default program available on the system.
Mar 01 2020 08:21 AM
Mar 06 2020 03:49 PM
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.
Mar 06 2020 11:37 PM
@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.
Mar 07 2020 12:53 PM
Mar 08 2020 07:37 AM
@TanujMittal I agree with your opinion. A native tool would be excellent.
So, I managed to solve my problem. I chose not to show a thumbnail in the performance system.
Mar 08 2020 11:46 AM
Mar 08 2020 05:38 PM
@HotCakeXExcuse me. I expressed myself poorly.
When I decided not to show a thumbnail, a few days later I noticed and thought it was a failure when the truth was not. So I reversed this option.
So in the answer above I replied that for some reason the software did not work properly. Now the this options is ON
May 23 2020 02:13 PM
did you get the svg files to show up as thumbnails? I've toggled the thumbnail settings in the folder view options, and the "Adjust the appearance and performance of windows" control panel, but no luck.
Aug 01 2020 06:08 AM
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.
Aug 02 2020 05:35 AM
@joshie I recently did a clean installation of Windows on my machine and this message did not appear anymore. But before, looking for an alternative and not having, I gave up searching and installed the same. To my surprise, it went straight.
Aug 03 2020 11:24 PM
Just install Microsoft Powertoys it comes with this feature in the newest version 0.20 and it also allow previewing svg files.
Oct 21 2020 10:20 AM
Oct 25 2020 09:44 PM
Nov 07 2020 05:45 PM
@Anoir Ben Tanfous Powertoys did the work. Thanks, guys!
Dec 05 2020 09:56 AM
Solved it. If you go to your Windows Explorer folder with SVG files, then click on VIEW and at Layout click Tiles.
That will show all your SVG images on your Windows Explorer without having to install anything.