Option to treat .nfo as text

[eswul62]

Sorry ... in case I am overlooking an option that is already available.

If not, a suggestion: add an option to treat .nfo as text, so the it can be displayed in the preview.
(e.g. Options > Advanced ?)

Thanks!

[NotNull]

Will depend on your windows version.

windows 11 shows previews for .nfo files out of the box. Windows 10 doesn't.

To have these previews on Win10 too:

- Start Registry Editor (regedit.exe) as administrator
- Browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSInfoFile in the left pane
- Menu => Edit => New => String Value
- Name =

PerceivedType

- Value =

text

- OK


Now .nfo files will be shown as plain text in the preview pane, in Everything as well as Explorer itself.

[tuska]

windows 11 shows previews for .nfo files out of the box.

Not for me, and not in Explorer or ‘Everything’.
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Windows 11 Pro (x64) Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.3037) - 2025-01-28

[tuska]

2eswul62

Hi,
it works as follows:
 
Perform the download (click...)

previewconfig.zip

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- Run PreviewConfig.exe (version 1.2.0.0) as administrator (right-click on file > Run as administrator)
- Confirm the UAC prompt (User Account Control)
- Type File types: .nfo and press ENTER
- Change the ‘Preview type’ from ‘None’ to ‘Plain text’
- Click on the ‘Apply’ button (information will appear below)
- Click on the ‘X’ to close
- Done!

- In ‘Everything’, e.g. version 1.5.0.1391a (x64), a preview for the .nfo file extension can be displayed immediately.
  

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Reference:
Preview Handler Association Editor:
Note: I was no longer able to download the ‘PreviewHandlerEditor.zip’ file from here.
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Windows 11 Pro (x64) Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.3037) - 2025-01-28
'Everything' 1.5.0.1391a (x64) - "Portable on system drive C:"

[eswul62]

Thanks for all the feedbacks. Really appreciated.
Outside Everything, there is no problem to view the .nfo files.
In Opus I hit the preview and contents are displayed.

At times it is a bit inconvenient to switch back and forth between Everything and Opus.

The registry entry regretfully did not work. Not on my 'host' PC not in VM (after rebooting).

Neither the previewhandler thing.

Bad luck.

Anyway, I hope, one day there will be a 'native solution'.

Again thanks!

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[tuska]

2eswul62

Hm, that's strange.

I have set up previews for several file extensions in various Windows and Everything versions
in both Everything and Windows Explorer at the same time.

Which version of Everything or Windows did you use?

[horst.epp]

For me, .nfo files were not previewed by default in Explorer or Everything.
Running actual Windows 11.

The following works now
I used the PreviewHandlerEditor.exe
and added MSInfoFile to the Windows TXT Previewer

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Windows 11 Home Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.3037)
Everything 1.5.0.1391a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.5.1
TC 11.51RC4 x64 / x86

[therube]

(Just to note, PreviewConfig is also available from:
https://www.winhelponline.com/utils/previewconfig.zip
https://www.winhelponline.com/
& is identical to the above attached file.)

[horst.epp]

(Just to note, PreviewConfig is also available from:
https://www.winhelponline.com/utils/previewconfig.zip
https://www.winhelponline.com/
& is identical to the above attached file.)

The PreviewConfig is much limited compared to the PreviewHandlerEditor..

PreviewHandlerEditor-x64.zip

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[therube]

Is there difference between x86 & x64 version of PreviewHandlerEditor?

[horst.epp]

Is there difference between x86 & x64 version of PreviewHandlerEditor?

No, you can also have the x86 version.

[eswul62]

Will depend on your windows version.

windows 11 shows previews for .nfo files out of the box. Windows 10 doesn't.

To have these previews on Win10 too:

- Start Registry Editor (regedit.exe) as administrator
- Browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MSInfoFile in the left pane
- Menu => Edit => New => String Value
- Name =

PerceivedType

- Value =

text

- OK


Now .nfo files will be shown as plain text in the preview pane, in Everything as well as Explorer itself.

Maybe in Windows 10 (am still running 10) things are is slightly different.

Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.nfo
then create 2 value strings:
1. value string Content Type > text/plain
2. value string PerceivedType > text

Now Everything is showing the nfo preview as text.

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Registry text

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.nfo]
@="MSInfoFile"
"Content Type"="text/plain"
"PerceivedType"="text"

[NotNull]

If this all fails, you can define a separate preview handler to be used in Everything exclusively:

• Go to Menu => Tools => Options => Advanced
• In the Show settings containing: field, type handlers
• Select preview_handlers
• Click the Edit button
• Add Item
• Filter =
  *.nfo
• handler =
  {1531d583-8375-4d3f-b5fb-d23bbd169f22}
• OK, OK, OK
• Done

BTW: FreeCommander likely uses a viewer, not a Preview Handler. Two entirely different things.
BTW2: I successfully addded te registry keys to Window 10 and after tat .nfo could be previewed in Everything and Explorer.