View over 150 file types on your Windows PC

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Download File Viewer Lite for Windows

Click the Download button below to download the latest version of File Viewer Lite. The installer will guide you through the software installation process.

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Current Version: 1.5.1

Version History

February 5, 2021

File Viewer Lite 1.5.1 released

• Added Italian language support
• Other minor improvements

August 7, 2019

File Viewer Lite 1.5 released

• Added new application icon
• Added support for High Efficiency File Format files (.heic, .heif)
• Added support for many new multimedia types
• Fixed various bugs

August 7, 2017

File Viewer Lite 1.4.1 released

• Updated installer with new certificate

August 12, 2016

File Viewer Lite 1.4 released

• Now supports over 150 file formats!
• Added support for many new multimedia file types
• Added 100+ formats to the file type identification database
• Upgraded digital certificate for Windows 10 compatibility
• Improved German, Spanish, French, Czech, Polish, and Chinese versions
• Fixed a character encoding issue with the source code view

August 6, 2015

File Viewer Lite 1.3.3 released

• Windows 10 compatibility update
• Fixed an issue with displaying .PCD images

March 12, 2015

File Viewer Lite 1.3.2 released

• Added additional string translations for German
• Fixed a print dialog bug for image printing
• Other minor user interface bug fixes

January 6, 2015

File Viewer Lite 1.3.1 released

• Added a language option to the Preferences window
• Fixed a menu bar issue with Chinese localization

December 17, 2014

File Viewer Lite 1.3.0 released

• Added 13 new file formats (.dds, .dfont, .dib, .jbig/.jbg, .jng, .miff, .mvg, .pes, .psb, .sfw, .svgz, .ttf, .webp)
• Added localizations for German, Spanish, French, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Polish, and Czech
• Improved support for DICOM images
• Added support for DICOM metadata and Photoshop IPTC metadata
• Improved camera raw support, including more camera models
• Improved source code view

September 3, 2014

File Viewer Lite 1.2.0 released

• Added a user manual (Help -> User Manual…)
• Added more robust text search features
• Minor bug fixes and UI improvements

May 30, 2014

File Viewer Lite 1.1.1 released

• Implemented minor interface improvements

May 9, 2014

File Viewer Lite 1.1.0 released

• Updated document viewing engine, which improves compatibility with Microsoft Word
• Upgraded PDF viewing engine, which improves PDF rendering quality
• Upgraded image editing engine and graphics editing interface
• Updated audio & video engine enabling higher quality playback
• Added a full screen video mode
• Added an option to upgrade to File Viewer Plus
• Updated application name
• Fixed minor bugs

August 8, 2013

File Viewer 1.0.2 released

• Fixed an issue that could prevent file association preferences from saving correctly

May 29, 2013

File Viewer 1.0.1 released

• Fixed an issue that would prompt an unnecessary restart during installation
• Updated application name

May 20, 2013

Windows File Viewer 1.0.0 released

• Initial release

Other Downloads

While File Viewer Lite is freeware, it uses the following open source components to provide the widest range of supported file types. You may click the links below to download the corresponding archive.

• FFmpeg (v. 2.1.4)
• VisualOn AAC encoder (v. 0.1.3)
• Lame (v. 3.99.5)
• Libwps (v. 0.2.7)
• rtmpdump (v. 2.3)
• SDL-devel (v. 1.2.14)

This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1.

About File Viewer Lite

File Viewer Lite is a free Windows utility that allows you to view over 150 different file types. It supports Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. Please try it and let us know what you think!