# File Viewer Plus Reviews **Vendor:** Sharpened Productions **Category:** [File Reader Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/file-reader) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 14 ## About File Viewer Plus File Viewer Plus: The Essential File Management Solution for Business File Viewer Plus is a secure, offline Windows application designed to simplify file management across your organization. It supports over 400 file formats in a single, easy-to-use interface — including documents, images, videos, audio files, and compressed archives. Empower your team to open, edit, convert, save, and print a vast range of file types without switching between multiple programs. The built-in batch converter allows you to process hundreds or even thousands of files at once. Quickly identify unknown files — even those with missing or incorrect extensions — using a database of over 10,000 file types. What’s New in File Viewer Plus 6: - Built-in file manager with move, copy, and delete capabilities - Thumbnail previews for Microsoft Office documents (.DOCX, .XLSX, .PPTX) - Convert PDFs to editable Word and other Office formats - Open and export XPS documents to PDF - View modern image formats, including JPEG XL and HEIC - Browse compressed archives and extract only the files you need Flexible Licensing and Deployment for Any Business Whether you're a small team or a large enterprise, File Viewer Plus offers flexible licensing options and deployment methods. Install it on individual workstations or shared systems, or automate rollout across your organization. The Read-Only Edition adds an extra layer of security for regulated industries and controlled environments. Don't overpay for bloated software suites or install dozens of niche tools to open different file formats. File Viewer Plus delivers everything your business needs in one streamlined application. ## File Viewer Plus Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find File Viewer Plus to be exceptionally **easy to use** , simplifying file management with seamless integration into their routines. (5 reviews) - Users love the **metadata display** feature in File Viewer Plus, enhancing their ability to manage and preview files effectively. (2 reviews) - Users value the **seamless cloud integration** of File Viewer Plus, enhancing accessibility and streamlining their workflow efficiently. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **compatibility with various file formats** , effortlessly integrating it into their workflow. (1 reviews) - Users praise the **ease of learning** with File Viewer Plus, finding its features intuitive and user-friendly. (1 reviews) - Users value the **easy conversion** capabilities of File Viewer Plus, enabling seamless access to diverse file formats. (1 reviews) - Easy Creation (1 reviews) - Easy Navigation (1 reviews) - Editing (1 reviews) - Feature Quality (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find it frustrating when encountering **unsupported file types** despite File Viewer Plus's overall effectiveness with many formats. (1 reviews) - Users occasionally face **PDF opening issues** with File Viewer Plus, limiting its functionality for some file types. (1 reviews) ## File Viewer Plus Reviews ### 1. Great addition to Windows **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erik C. | Web Developer, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2026 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** I like that File Viewer Plus displays metadata for every file format I open, so I can see what information is stored in the file, including author information for documents and EXIF data for images. It's a nice program to have whenever I encounter unknown email attachments or files in my Downloads folder. The file browser is also nice since I can quickly locate and preview files. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** There are a few formats it doesn't open. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** File Viewer Plus is my go-to app for opening files that other apps don't recognize. I use the built-in converter to export documents to more common formats. ### 2. The World is confusing enough get help with all these file formats - open or convert them "all" **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lutz B. | Independent Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2025 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** New file formats for audio, video, text and other files are coming up like mushrooms in the wood. Standard software can't read/open them all. There is one solution: With File viewer you can open and/or covert almost all of these different formats and have them converted to your known set of formats. It is very easy to use and to integrate this in your daily work routine. File viewer constantly add new formats to the program and if there is a problem I'd contact customer support. This was not necessary yet, but I trust the team. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** So far I did not come across any features I didn't like; again if I will there will be the customer support team. I'm meanwhile at File Viewer Plus 6 and I would wish to have always a good upgrade price for the next version. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** New file formats (audio, video, text and others) come out by the day and standard software often can't open files in these new formats. FVP can open most of them and if required convert them to formats your own software can handle. If you get for example photos from friend or in your job in a format your photo software can't handle you get stuck. Using FVP this did not happen to me: with FVP I can open them, see/read them and if necessary convert them. **Official Response from Sharpened Productions:** > Thanks for the positive comments, Lutz. We're glad to hear File Viewer Plus is your go-to app for opening different formats on your PC. If you ever need to contact support, our Minnesota-based support team is here to help. ### 3. THE BEST FILE VIEWER EVER! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ellen K. | Retired, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2025 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** This program is phenomenal. Not only do I get to view all my embroidery files, PES, but I can also view all the details about the file when I click on the information line, and I can enlarge or make my pictures small and create different views with it. There is a navigation icon that, when I click on it it will go to all of my downloads plus test documents. By far, this is the best version yet. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** I can only view PES files, not VP# or other files. However, this is not a problem for me due to me only use the PES files. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** I need to know the size of files and I can easily see this when I click on the info tab. **Official Response from Sharpened Productions:** > Thanks for the great feedback, Ellen! We're glad to hear File Viewer Plus has been a good solution for viewing PES files on your PC. ### 4. I can see everything... **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John F. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2025 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** During a normal day, I may need to view several different type of image files, as well as spreadsheets and documents, in different formats. File Viewer Plus allows me to use one, just one app, to view and work on each type. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** Although File Viewer Plus allows working with many different files types, I have come across a few that were not supported. When you work with something that works so well, it is a bit off-putting when you come across that one file, that doesn't open. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** It opens the file. No need to be looking for the proper app, or having to convert the file to something that one of your native apps can open. A real time-saver. **Official Response from Sharpened Productions:** > We appreciate the positive feedback, John! It's great to hear that File Viewer Plus takes the place of several apps on your computer, which is one of the app's main benefits. We're continuing to add support for more file formats, so if there is a specific file you can't open with File Viewer Plus, please let us know! ### 5. I highly recommend File Viewer Plus! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** RAYMOND S. | Consultant (Retired), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 11, 2025 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** First purchase in 2019. Great for opening files with no or unknown extensions, show files in their intended "native" view or display file contents as raw text or in a hexadecimal format for closer inspection. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** Works seamlessly. Good implementation and ease of integration! **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** Opening webpages in MHT format. Opening emails from Windows Live Mail. Retrieving infos from a file with an unknown extension. **Official Response from Sharpened Productions:** > Thanks, Raymond. It's great to hear you've been using File Viewer Plus since 2019! We've made numerous improvements since then, but one of the app's top features is still identifying and viewing unknown files. We recently added a new algorithm to identify files based on header information, which should make it easier to identify unknown files, especially those without file extensions. ### 6. Review for File Viewer Plus **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tammy O. | COO ACQUISITION CONTRACT SALES, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2025 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** File viewer plus gives 14days free to users; this allows users to familiarize themseves with the application. The application has a central dashboard for files of all types with a click the user can access each file type with clear review of the document. Its easy to implement several clicks on the download to install on the desktop. It offers customers service supports 24 hours. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** nothing to dislike. its easy to use no integration necessary only download. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** File viewer plus is trying to create a central dashboard view for files of all types. from word, to pdf to excel, cad, and more. ### 7. Happy with purchasing FVP. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Individual & Family Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2025 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** Able to open, edit and create all/most files . That's what I need. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** For me is basic , and that's what u need or sufficient. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing , editing, converting all txt files. **Official Response from Sharpened Productions:** > We're glad to hear you're using File Viewer Plus to open and edit files on your PC. We recently added the "New Document" option, so it's great to learn you are using the app to create new files from scratch as well. ### 8. Review on File Viewer Plus **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yousuf N. | Cybersecurity Researcher, Computer & Network Security, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2024 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** It has a ability to quicky preview and edit files without needing multiple applications is highly beneficial. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** Few users may feel the interface is too disorganized. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves problem of needing multiple applications to open various file formats, and it provides a single solution for viewing and editing different types of files which saves a lot of time. ### 9. one of the best app to open 400 plust file types **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Muhammad Rizwan K. | Senior SQA Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2024 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** one of the best app to open 400 plust file types and without need of the installing of format application and just one is enough to open all file types. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** It either loads files quickly or doesn’t open them, and it cannot open all file formats." **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** to open pdf files and convert them to other formats ### 10. The use of File Viewer Plus will cause great satisfaction **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Santiago B. | Soporte tecnico, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2019 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** File Viewer Plus is an easy to use file reader. The program can access different formats from previous versions as recent versions. What I like most about this software is that it has a file identifier that searches for information about unknown formats. In addition, it also has a tool to inspect the contents of the files. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** File Viewer Plus lacks good features to sign, because the signatures that are loaded by the program change size and the images become pixelated. Its text view functions are also a bit confusing, because it cannot be accessed directly from the interface menu, but is hidden between the options. **Recommendations to others considering File Viewer Plus:** This software is a simple and easy to use program. It has excellent editing options. I believe that the application fulfills its professional functions and is available at an affordable price. It has support in different languages. I recommend it. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** In our organization File Viewer Plus has allowed us to work efficiently editing several Word, PDF or Excel files with ease, since different formats can be worked simultaneously. For us, it mainly allows us to see the files in different views, such as text. ### 11. It is perfect for viewing any type of file quickly. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David P. | Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 11, 2019 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** This software is very useful because it allows you to view any type of file such as images, documents, text files, audio and video, from one place without the need to have several softwares installed on your PC. The interface is very nice and it is very easy to use. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** The only thing against would be its price. It is somewhat elevated in reality. I understand that this software reads a large number of formats but it is a matter of considering whether it is worth sacrificing the savings and using a single software or using everything from a single site. **Recommendations to others considering File Viewer Plus:** Highly recommended, I am really impressed with the results and the large number of formats it supports. Is incredible. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is useful in my company, we have little time to use since we use the trial version and we are really pleased. Everything is done from one place without relying on third-party software. We are determined to buy the full version of this software. ### 12. The software that has all the formats **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hebert Z. | Data Science Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2019 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** File Viewer Plus is a lightweight and easy to use application. It supports a large number of formats and offers convincing updates. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** This software has really made my life very easy, so I have no complaints. **Recommendations to others considering File Viewer Plus:** This tool avoids you from downloading a large number of programs for the same purpose. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** File Viewer Plus unifies the work of hundreds of software, since normally we must download several programs to open documents of different format. ### 13. Software that supports many formats **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Larry R. | IT Desktop Technician, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** File Viewer Plus shows the files properties and hidden metadata of each file it opens. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** The tool to check for updates does not work and I had to download the updated software directly from the page to reinstall it. **Recommendations to others considering File Viewer Plus:** It is a really effective software to visualize documents. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** File Viewer Plus has provided many benefits to our organization because we can access any PDF document and know that the information is reliable and safe. ### 14. File Viewer Plus is a file information detective **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sebastian P. | Ingeniero de seguridad de TI, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2019 **What do you like best about File Viewer Plus?** File Viewer Plus integrates with FileInfo.com, to search identify unknown file types. **What do you dislike about File Viewer Plus?** As a file converter this program is very deficient because it modifies the documents too much. **Recommendations to others considering File Viewer Plus:** There are few programs with the qualities of File Viewer Plus. **What problems is File Viewer Plus solving and how is that benefiting you?** After downloading unknown files and scanning them with the antivirus, we look for information with File Viewer Plus. ## File Viewer Plus Discussions - [Add to Dictionary Option isn't available](https://www.g2.com/discussions/30278-add-to-dictionary-option-isn-t-available) - 1 upvote - [View File Viewer Plus pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/file-viewer-plus/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-13+01%3A39%3A46+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=3b8bb1ca-c0e8-4301-a1fb-b3f9ac802f1a&secure%5Btoken%5D=f54764f80cbdf9679830bf1a8e24e69dd8d8950cc0a0d6a55b9de6954086c5e3&format=llm_user) ## File Viewer Plus Features **Format** - File Type - Conversion - Batch Conversion **Security** - Data Recovery - File Details - Password **Edit** - Edit - Inspection **Conversion** - Convert - Batch Conversion - Batch View **Data** - Export - Metadata **Logistics** - Integrate - Edit - Split and Merge **Operating System** - PC Operating System **Agentic AI - File Converter** - Decision Making ## Top File Viewer Plus Alternatives - [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-acrobat-reader/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,729 reviews) - [Foxit PDF Editor](https://www.g2.com/products/foxit-pdf-editor/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (3,415 reviews) - [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-acrobat/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (4,551 reviews)