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QuickLook

by QL-Win

Press the spacebar to preview any file, just like on a Mac.

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What it does

Select a file in File Explorer and press Space. QuickLook opens a preview of images, videos, PDFs, text and code files, archives and more, without launching a full app. Press Space again and it is gone.

Plugins add more formats, and you can open the file in its usual app straight from the preview window.

What it costs

Free

No paid version.

Open source (GPL-3.0)

Where it runs

Windows 11
Windows 10
Arm PCsEmulated

Runs under emulation on Arm PCs.

How to get it

Install it from Terminal with winget, or download it from the official site.

PS> winget install --id QL-Win.QuickLook -e
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Coming from a Mac?

Does the job of

Quick Look

The spacebar habit carries straight over.

Good to know

  • PowerToys has a similar tool, Peek, on Ctrl+Space. You only need one of them.
  • It works in File Explorer and on the desktop.

Also worth a look

PowerToysWindow layouts, a launcher, a color picker and more than twenty other utilities from Microsoft. ImageGlassA fast, clean image viewer that opens almost any format, including HEIC, WebP, AVIF and RAW. SumatraPDFA tiny, very fast reader for PDFs, ebooks and comics.

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