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 =
- Value =
- OK
Now .nfo files will be shown as plain text in the preview pane, in Everything as well as Explorer itself.
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.
Statistics: Posted by NotNull — Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:52 pm