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Your PC is probably home to Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, images, videos, audios, and more. Wouldn't it be great if you could view or play each of those files quickly and easily without having to open them through their associated applications? You can perform that feat with help from a file viewer. Windows 10's File Explorer comes with its own preview pane that can display certain types of files. But you can also enlist the aid of several third-party programs, like QuickLook, WinQuickLook, Air File Viewer Pro, File Viewer Plus, and All Video Player HD. Offers a cool and convenient way to display files. Install this free app, and it integrates into File Explorer.
But there's no need to manually open any type of preview window or pane. In File Explorer, just select the file you want to view and press the spacebar. The QuickLook window quickly pops up to display the file in a dedicated window. You can view a variety of file types, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, HTML files, and even ZIP files. To view Microsoft Office documents and files, you’ll need to install a free plug-in, which you can find on the developer’s. You can also play many audio and video files. You can also easily navigate through multi-page documents and scrub through audios and videos.
Like File Explorer, you just resize the window to increase or decrease the size of the viewed file. And you can open a file through its native application just by clicking on the Open button. With the free, you can view a variety of file types, and specific audio and video files like MP3s, WAVEs, WMAs, MP4s, and MOVs. The one limitation this program has is that it can't handle Excel spreadsheets.
Air File Viewer Pro doesn't integrate directly into File Explorer but runs as a small standalone window. You can position the window alongside File Explorer and then drag and drop each file you want to see, or click on the 'Choose' button in Air File Viewer Pro and select the file to view. You can also peek at files through File Explorer by choosing the 'Open with' command and choosing Air File Viewer Pro. The free version of can display files from Microsoft Word and Excel as well as PDFs, image files, and HTML files.
You can also play a variety of audio and video types. To view additional files, like PowerPoint presentations, you'll have to shell out $24.99 for the paid version. Like Air File Viewer Pro, File Viewer Plus runs as a standalone window that you can position next to File Explorer if you wish. You can drag and drop each file you want to view on top of the window or grab a file by selecting it from the File Open command. You can also view files directly in File Explorer by using the 'Open with' command and selecting File Viewer Plus. The File Viewer Plus window is feature packed.
Open a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, and the toolbars and commands for Word or Excel appear. You can then change the formatting and other attributes to view the file in different ways. With the paid version, you can retain whatever formatting changes you make and save, convert, or print the file. Open an image file, and you can adjust the brightness, contrast, sharpness, size, rotation, and other effects. By default, File Viewer Plus displays an info pane next to the displayed file with its metadata and other details. However, you can turn off this pane and the toolbars to view the file full screen.
Looking for a program that can play videos and audios? Look no further than.
With the utility, you can tune up a variety of video formats, including MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, MP3, M4A, and M4B. The app is versatile as you can access and play videos and audios a variety of ways. Drag and drop a file from File Explorer onto the All Video Player HD window, and it immediately starts playing, or just open a file from within the program itself. You can add an entire folder of videos or audios, and All Video Player HD will queue them up and play one after another. You can easily view a history list of past audios and videos that you've played and replay any of them.
And there's more. All Video Player HD can play certain DVDs by loading the.vob files from the disc's VIDEOTS folder. The app can also play videos and audio directly from the web through a URL. You can even view any file's metadata, such as the size and frame rate. The basic version is free but saddles you with ads. Pony up $4.99, and the ads go away.
Windows, Mac, iOS and Android ($5 per month) Emby’s free movie-oriented package is useful on its own, but the Premiere version (also available for $54 a year or $130 for a lifetime license) adds many features that turn Emby into an elite multimedia manager for images, video, recording and more. This is particularly useful for users who have large movie portfolios to manage and pride themselves on providing cinematic experiences.
There’s a dedicated cinema mode, a cover art plugin, offline support for downloaded movies, an Emby Theater app, and syncing options for your folders via cloud storage (which you can also use for backups). For those who prefer to record the latest TV media, Emby DVR provides easy scheduling for solo or series recording. Automatic conversion is offered as you record, so you can choose the format you need in real time. Oh, and there’s even.