Top 15 MysticThumbs Alternative and Similar Softwares | Apr 2024

MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images. It is a native Windows Explorer plugin which means you don't have to do anything other than install it. This means you don't have any new interfaces to learn, think about or otherwise deal with.

MysticThumbs has a fully configurable control panel where you can adjust thumbnail generation options and icon overlays, with options like transparency, thumbnail borders, scaling, embedded thumbnail selection and more. Compound file support for files such as HTML, Maya and EML that use external files to make a complete image. Options are controlled on a file type / extension level or if required on specific files through context menu control in Explorer. ...

1. ThumbView

ThumbView ThumbView enables image thumbnails and tooltips in Microsoft Windows XP Explorer (does not work on Windows 7) for filetypes that are not natively supported. It started with PCX, TGA, DDS and PNG images, but now ThumbView supports an amazing 19 image types - directly inside any Explorer window: Image types......

2. Icaros

Icaros Icaros is a collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for essentially any video media filetype. Icaros can provide Windows Explorer thumbnails, for essentially any video media format supported by FFmpeg which includes popular filetypes such as: Mkv, Flv, Avi, Mp4,......

3. FirmTools ShellExtension

FirmTools ShellExtension FirmTools ShellExtension is a real handy freebie for Windows users.Install this tool and it will add three new options to your menu when you right click on a picture file: convert, print, and thumbnail preview. Converting supports most of the formats you will ever need: JPEG, TIFF, PSD, PNG, GIF,......

4. FastPreview

FastPreview FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.It is now a pretty handy tool to display images in a fast manner and is an alternative to the functionality Windows has built-in.Features:Fast Viewer - Showing the image incl. different scaling types......

5. CBX Shell

CBX Shell CBX Shell provides Windows Explorer thumbnail and infotip extensions for image archives. It enables thumbnail preview for ZIP, CBZ, CBR and RAR image archives. Windows Explorer will display a thumbnail image of the first photo in the archive instead of the generic archive icon.......

6. SVG Explorer Extension

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

7. Instant ThumbView

Instant ThumbView Instant ThumbView is a tiny image viewer that displays image thumbnails in a tooltip window, when mouse pointer is hovered over an image file in Windows Explorer. It supports a lot of popular image file formats, including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WMF, EMF, TIFF and is very handy for quick......

8. SageThumbs

SageThumbs SageThumbs is a powerful shell extension allowing to preview enormous amount of image formats directly in Windows Explorer by using Pierre-e Gougelet's GFL library (XnView's author).Features Extended thumbnail image view of Explorer folder Thumbnail image in explorer context menu (right-click menu) Extended info tips Support 162 image formats (224 extensions)......

9. XnShell

XnShell XnShell is a free File Explorer extension that installs a number of image-related tools in the right-click context menu, including a thumbnail preview, image conversion to a wide variety of formats, image resizing, editing image IPTC metadata, uploading to ImageShack, and other functions.......

10. Image Resizer for Windows

Image Resizer for Windows Image Resizer for Windows is a utility that lets you resize one or more selected image files directly from Windows Explorer by right-clicking. It was created as clone of Microsoft's Image Resizer Powertoy for Windows XP, a PowerToy that allows you to right-click on one or more image files in......

11. Ninotech Path Copy

Ninotech Path Copy Ninotech Path Copy is an english shell extension that enables you to copy the path of a file or directory to the Clipboard from inside the Windows Explorer. All you have to do is to open the Windows Explorer, right-click the item(s) of interest and choose "Copy Path" in the......

12. Open++

Open++ Open++ is a context menu shell extension that allows you to quickly open the target file or folder with the customized commands. It adds a submenu with customized menu items to the shell context menu when right clicking a file or folder. Open++ also provides some predefined commands, such as......

13. BrightExplorer

BrightExplorer We tabbified your current Windows File Explorer by wrapping BrightExplorer around it, and added other advanced functionality for example a brand new favourite panel!......

14. Lammer Context Menu

Lammer Context Menu Lammer Context Menu is an extension for Microsoft Windows Explorer with very handy features like:Copy Path (Full Path, File Name, File Url, UNC Path) (UPDATED)Explore HereCommand PromptPath Operations (Move, copy, delete based on advanced wildcards like: delete all folders matching "*\bin\obj")Batch rename files (manual changes, sequences generator, etc)Search and ReplaceSelect......

15. OpenWith.org

OpenWith.org Do you have files on your computer that you don't know how to open? If so, you need the OpenWith.org Desktop Tool!For almost any file on your computer, the OpenWith.org Desktop Tool will tell you what type of file it is, and show you free programs that will open the......