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Add an option in File Explorer to enable Preview of PowerShell files
Description of the new feature / enhancement
I'd like you to add an option to view (or not) PowerShell files in Filer Explorer.
Proposed layout:
>_ Enable PowerShell preview (.ps1, .psm1, .psd1, .ps1xml, .pssc, .psrc, .cdxml)
Scenario when this would be used?
IT Pros using PowerShell would appreciate a fast way to turn this on.
YES: I know know you can do it manually (https://tfl09.blogspot.com/2021/12/viewing-powershell-files-in-preview.html) which should give you a heads up on the reg keys you need to set to achieve this!
Supporting information
https://tfl09.blogspot.com/2021/12/viewing-powershell-files-in-preview.html
I am not sure if this is the place - if not, please let me know. I realize it is slightly off topic - didn't seem like this deserved a new topic.
There are a lot of file extensions which are not registered and do not show on preview. I would suggest an option to view these as text by default. Maybe an additional option would be to detect files with non-ASCII content and preview them as a hex dump.
Possible Hex Dump Format: AAAAAAAA HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH - HH HH HH HH HH HH HH HH %%%%%%%% - %%%%%%%% A is the address in the file beginning with 00000000 HH is the Hex Code for the byte value % is the ASCII character for the corresponding Byte "." for non printable ASCII character
I know this does not take into consideration unicode. As a developer, I have a .reg file for adding "PerceivedType"="Text" to about 50 different file types and am constantly having to add more to this list and then run it to update the registry.
I love the idea - but that would really be a separate issue. I'd love the developers to fix this for PowerShell...
Hey @Aaron-Junker - looks like you assigned this one to yourself - is this something you want to pick up or add to the backlog? I'll remove the needs triage label if so and put it in the backlog.
Hey @Aaron-Junker - looks like you assigned this one to yourself - is this something you want to pick up or add to the backlog? I'll remove the needs triage label if so and put it in the backlog.
I will pick this up soon
