How may I get Explorer to preview .m3u files as text?
Start >> Regedit.exe
Find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m3u
key and check the 'Default' setting (in my caseVLC.m3u
)
Find
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.m3u
(in this path substituteVLC.m3u
with the value of your default setting inHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m3u
)Create a new key in
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.m3u
:shellex
Then in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.m3u\shellex
also a new key:{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f}
, so it should look like this:
The
{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f}
key tells Windows that you want to use a preview handler, now you only should specify which one you want to use. SetHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.m3u\{8895b1c6-b41f-4c1c-a562-0d564250836f} Default
to this value:{1531d583-8375-4d3f-b5fb-d23bbd169f22}
(text handler ID)If you want to use other handlers in shell you can find their ID's in the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PreviewHandlers