QuickView
Encyclopedia
QuickView is a file viewer
application in Windows 95
, Windows 98
and Windows NT
operating system
s. With some workarounds the viewer can be used to view practically any file. However, starting with Windows 2000
and Windows Me
, the utility is no longer present in the operating system line, although similarly named commercial alternatives such as QuickView Plus (based on Outside In technology) exist for the newer operating systems.
The software has been ported by third parties to support XP, Vista and 7.
File viewer
A file viewer is application software that presents the data stored in a computer file in a human-friendly form. The file contents are generally displayed on the screen, or they may be printed...
application in Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
, Windows 98
Windows 98
Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
and Windows NT
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s. With some workarounds the viewer can be used to view practically any file. However, starting with Windows 2000
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
and Windows Me
Windows Me
Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft, and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006....
, the utility is no longer present in the operating system line, although similarly named commercial alternatives such as QuickView Plus (based on Outside In technology) exist for the newer operating systems.
The software has been ported by third parties to support XP, Vista and 7.