/jxl-winthumb

A JPEG XL (*.jxl) thumbnail handler for Windows File Explorer.

Primary LanguageRustISC LicenseISC

jxl-winthumb

A JPEG XL (*.jxl) thumbnail handler for Windows File Explorer.

Now with WIC decoding support, which means you can use Windows Photo Viewer or any WIC-capable image viewers to view JXL files.

How to install

  1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 if it's not already installed.
  2. Download the latest dll file from the releases page.
  3. Open a terminal window as administrator
  4. Move to your download directory
  5. regsvr32 jxl_winthumb.dll, or to uninstall, regsvr32 /u jxl_winthumb.dll.

Build environment

Please read the requirements to build the libjxl dependency, or take a look at the CI configuration.

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