File Managers

Out-of-the-box support (incomplete list)

• Your Desktop
• File Explorer windows
• Open- and Save-File-dialogs (requires QuickLook MSI/ZIP version, not Store version)
• Everything (requires Everything to be installed as a service and not be run as admin)
• Directory Opus
• Files
• RX Explorer (since RX Explorer v4.6.0)

File managers that need a bit of configuration

• QTTabBar¹
• fman (Just specify the path to QuickLook.exe on first use of F3)².
• FreeCommander (setup explained here)
• XYplorer³
• Total Commander (details below)

Note: Due to the limitation of Windows Sandbox, the managers above need an additional tool to work with the Store version of QuickLook. Click here for details.

Total Commander

Thanks to flexible Total Commander settings, three integration options are possible:

• Preview by pressing space (or any other button). For selecting items insert works instead of space
• Add QuickLook button to button bar
• Use QuickLook as external viewer by pressing ALT+F3

The manual can be found here.

1: You may notice that the selected file will change when pressing space. The solution is to turn off Enhanced incremental search in view feature in QTTabBar. See #726 for details.

2: fman uses space for selecting items, so QuickLook does not override it. However, it is possible to set the F3 preview application to QuickLook. Notes here.

3: XYplorer treats space as a part of search keywords, so QuickLook does not override it. However, it is possible to set a custom hotkey to invoke QuickLook. Notes here.