It's easy to preview files without opening them in Windows 10 thanks to the Preview Pane feature in File Explorer. You can ...

If you wish, in the interest of privacy, you can also disable Quick Access in the Navigation Pane. What you can do is stop Explorer from displaying the recently and frequently used files and ...

Though Windows 11/10 also provides a preview pane in File Explorer to preview a selected file, these apps seem to be a better option. QuickLook is a technology used to preview documents.