The InstantTxt plug-in allows you to preview files in text formats. When you highlight a text file, a capital "T" pictogram will appear next to its name, then the preview pane will expand displaying file contents.

InstantTxt plug-in

  1. Capital "T" pictogram

    Appears next to the item's name indicating that the text file can be previewed.

  2. Preview pane

    Displays the contents of the text file. At maximum, the first 8 kilobytes of the file are displayed.

Note: The InstantTxt plug-in does not support previewing files stored inside ZIP archives.

Supported Formats

By default, InstantTxt only allows for previewing files with TXT extension. However, you can specify that other text-based formats be handled as well, by performing the following steps:

  1. Click Start > Run.

  2. Type regedit and click OK.

  3. Locate the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KO Software\InstantTxt. If the key doesn't exist, create it.

  4. Create a string value named HandledExtensions.

  5. Specify the list of extentions that you want InstantTxt to handle. The extensions must be delimited with the asterisk (*) character. For example, to instruct InstantTxt to handle TXT and LOG extensions, enter txt*log.

    Note: Extension strings are case-insensitive. You can specify at most 100 entries.

ATTENTION! This procedure involves modifying the Windows registry and should be performed by experienced users only. Modifications to the Windows registry, if not done correctly, can cause serious problems to a Windows system.