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SVG Viewer Extension for Windows Explorer

Extension module for Windows Explorer to render SVG thumbnails, so that you can have an overview of your SVG files.

Installation

From Releases download and run appropriate binary for your system. Note: you probably need an unsigned version as the signed binary certificate was revoked (#29) around Dec 2019.

Then kill explorer.exe and icon cache (ref):

TASKKILL /IM explorer* /F
DEL "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" /A
explorer.exe

You can just simply use the provided binary installers. Make sure you download the right architecture (the 32 bit installer will run on a 64 bit system, but the extension will not function).

svg-explorer-extension - developer note

This repo was imported from https://svgextension.codeplex.com/

I imported the svg-explorer-extension from CodePlex posted here to GitHub because I use the extension and I didn't want to lose access to it when CodePlex shut down in 2017.

I'm primarily a python guy and am ill equipped to maintaining this project. So if you know C++ and have some time to spare, please feel free to take over! In the meantime I'm happy to merge pull requests for those who care to offer drive-by fixin's but can't vet them for quality or completeness. ;-)

--Matt

Build Environment c.2019

Warning: it's many GB.

  • QtCreator - choco install qtcreator
  • Qt SDK - MSVC 2017 64-bit using Qt Maintenance Tool installed with QtCreator. Might be problems if install MSVC 32 bit at same time.
  • MS Visual Studio - build tools only else many many GB! Reboots necessary, read the notes
    • choco install visualstudio2017buildtools
    • choco install visualstudio2017-workload-vctools
  • Windows SDK - choco install windows-sdk-10.-0

Installation is with Chocolatey wherever I have a choice. The list may be incomplete. I've installed and uninstalled several different programs and versions of programs trying to find the right combination.

More info: tibold#18

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Daniel Beardsmore Daniel Beardsmore
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