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After discovering on superuser that there is no current way to add syntax highlighting to the Windows 7 preview pane, I figured if someone else hasn't done it yet then I'll go ahead and do it myself.
Is there an API or SDK available for Windows 7 that exposes the preview pane in explorer to customization? If so, what is it and how do you think is the most elegant way to accomplish this? I would like it to read the syntax highlighting options from Visual Studio to get the users favorite colors and code theme settings.
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In Windows Explorer, click Organize / Folder and Search options / View Tab. Remove the Check Mark from the Always show Icons never Thumbnails option. Click Apply / OK.
Here's what you need to check: Verify that Show preview handlers in preview pane checkbox is checked. Make sure the checkbox Always show icons, never thumbnails is unchecked. In the Open File Explorer to dropdown under the General tab, choose This PC instead of Quick Access.
File Explorer Preview Pane First, let's check out the preview pane in File Explorer. Open File Explorer in Windows 10, click the View tab, and select Preview pane. Click a file you wish to view, such as a Word document, Excel sheet, PowerPoint presentation, PDF, or image. The file appears in the preview pane.
You must check the Preview Handler, you can download an example from here. The Preview Handler is used to display a file preview inside the Windows Explorer preview pane or other preview handler hosts.
You can check these links :
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