Bug 362287

Summary:	Option to preview Microsoft Windows Executables
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Nick Stefanov <mo78>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	frank78ac, samrog131, wbauer1
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Nick Stefanov 2016-04-26 09:39:43 UTC

There is no way to preview .exe files.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Icoutils.
2. Turn on Preview for files.
3. There isn't option in Dolphin's General->Previews menu like it does in KDE4.



Actual Results:  
There isn't option to preview Windows .exe files.

Expected Results:  
Preview native icons from Windows .exe files.

Image of thisoption in KDE 4:
http://i63.tinypic.com/2djopw4.jpg

Comment 1 Rog131 2016-04-26 18:47:50 UTC

Dolphin is using KDE preview plugins. With the KDE4 the Microsoft Windows Executables plugin is part of the kde-runtime. The plugin is (probably) not yet ported to the KDE frameworks 5. Some of the ported kde-runtime plugins are now part of the kio-extras.

Meanwhile - Workarounds

Use the KDE4 applications - The KDE4 applications can use the KDE4 thumbnailers. The Konqueror can use the KDE4 'Microsoft Windows Executables' thumbnailer. There is also the dolphinpart4 - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dolphin

There is a third party generic thumbnailer: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Keneric+KDE+(KF5)+thumbnailer?content=174485 . It can show the MS Windows executable thumbnails:

Image - Left: Dolphin 16.04.0 - Right: Dolphinpart4: http://i.imgur.com/vv5HnA0.png

More: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=223&t=129633&p=356016#p356016

Comment 2 Wolfgang Bauer 2016-04-26 19:19:25 UTC

Should be fixed by this commit I suppose:
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kio-extras.git&a=commit&h=fe9116847d6f2e36c1ec04e2af0cfac2553336fd

This will be in kio-extras 16.08...

Comment 3 Nick Stefanov 2016-04-26 21:22:59 UTC

Thank you very much! It's greatly appreciated!

Comment 4 Frank Reininghaus 2016-04-28 17:58:25 UTC

Setting status to FIXED.