Given how limited the preview pane already feels in Windows 10, even adding just two more file types feels like a huge improvement.

Windows offers three panes in File Explorer: the navigation pane, the preview pane, and the details pane. The navigation pane on the left sidebar allows you to easily browse through folders and is ...

But in my tests, setting Adobe Reader as the default program robbed PDF Preview of the ability to show thumbnails, although it could still use Windows Explorer’s preview pane.

The Preview Pane lets you quickly preview documents, images, and text files without opening them. This is especially useful when sorting through different types of files with similar names.

The Windows Explorer file management application in Windows 7 includes a preview pane that you can use to view the contents image files and other files on your hard drive.

What you need to know Microsoft is rolling out a new Windows 11 preview build for Insiders in the Dev Channel. Today's build is 23451 and includes a modern details pane in the File Explorer. There ...