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FilePeek is a file viewer for peeking at the text in any file, no matter what kind of file it is. FilePeek includes an
explorer view which is a very good replacement for Windows Explorer. Note: FilePeek's file viewer is NOT a graphics or proprietary file format viewer, it just shows the text in any file.
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FilePeek's file viewer converts non-displayable characters to a dot ( . ) and therefore, doesn't allow binary characters to truncate its view. The viewer is "read only", so you don't
have to worry about accidentally modifying files you're viewing with it. FilePeek also has a hex view mode, if you need to see what those non-displayable characters are. Shown below is the file viewer in hex mode.
Whether or not the hex mode interests you, you'll find many uses for the text view mode. And FilePeek has many features. You can print files, open them with their default associated program or the program of your choice, search for text, copy to the clipboard, quickly resize FilePeek's viewer window to half screen size to compare two files, and use different fonts for Text and Hex view mode. FilePeek's viewer correctly opens multiple files, either from the explorer (or Windows Explorer) context menu, or from a command line parameter. It also accepts drag and drop files. FilePeek views very large files in sections, to speed up loading and conserve system memory. It's faster than ever. FilePeek keeps up to 8 items in its recent file list, but the recent file list doesn't work until you register. Those are just the file viewer's features! Shown below is FilePeek's explorer window.
When you run FilePeek from its Start Menu shortcut, the explorer window is shown. FilePeek's explorer is like a simpler version of Windows Explorer. When you right click a file in the explorer window, you get the Windows Explorer context menu. FilePeek adds a command to this menu to let you instantly open the selected file(s) with its file viewer. If you browse local files with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, the FilePeek menu item is also available by right clicking a file name.
From the author: "I'm often asked which one of my own programs I use the most. It's no contest; FilePeek is the one. If you work with files a lot, you should try FilePeek." Bud Baker
FilePeek is now freeware. Version 5.1 updates it to work better with Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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