File viewers and converters aren't really scripting tools, but even as a scripter you'll often need them anyway.
The "Features" column tells you more about the program's functionality:
By looking in the column designated "Scriptable" you can see if the viewer can be used in scripts:
Shell or Run commands in KiXtart, VBScript, etc.
| Archives (arc, cab, mht, rar, zip, etc.) |
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| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| 7-Zip | Igor Pavlov | X | CLI | 💾 | Free (donations welcome) |
| ExtractMHT | Jared Breland | X | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| IZArc | Ivan Zahariev | X | CLI | 💾 | Free (donations welcome) |
| Universal Extractor | Jared Breland | X | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| WinRAR | WinRAR | X | CLI | 💾 | 🛒 |
| Bitmap Images (bmp, gif, jpg, raw, tiff, etc.) |
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| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| CopyExif | Ken Reneris | C (1) | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| dpMagic Plus | dpMagic Software | V | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| ExifTool | Phil Harvey | V (1) | 💾 | Free (donations welcome) |
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| FastPictureViewer WIC RAW Codec Pack | Axel Rietschin | V (2) | OLE | 💾 | 🛒 |
| FastStone Image Viewer | FastStone | V+P+C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| FastStone MaxView | FastStone | V+P+C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| FastStone Photo Resizer | FastStone | V+C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| FxIF (Firefox EXIF viewer) | Christian Eyrich | V (1) | 💾 | Free | |
| IrfanView | Irfan Skiljan | V+P+C | CLI | 💾 | Free (donations welcome) |
| MDI to TIFF File Converter | Microsoft | C | 💾 | Free | |
| RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer | Microsoft | V+P | 💾 | Free (validation required) |
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| SImage | Ken Reneris | CLI+OLE | 💾 | Free | |
| STDU Explorer | STDUtility.com | V (5) | 💾 | Free | |
| Databases | |||||
| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| Access Database Viewer | Free Labs Software | V | 💾 | Free | |
| RazorSQL | Richardson Software | V+C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access | Microsoft | V | 💾 | Free | |
| xBaseView | Mutex LLC | V | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| Multimedia (music & video) |
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| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| Adobe Flash Player | Macromedia (Adobe) | V | 💾 | Free | |
| Flash Movie Player | Eolsoft | V | 💾 | Free | |
| Free CD to MP3 Converter | Eusing Software | C | 💾 | Free | |
| Free M4a to MP3 Converter | Maniac Tools | V+C | 💾 | Free | |
| HandBrake | The HandBrake Team | C | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| MediaInfo Lite (media file analyzer) | KL Software | V | 💾 | Free | |
| QuickTime | Apple | V | OLE | 💾 | Free |
| RealTimes | RealTimes | V | 💾 | Free | |
| SWF & FLV Player | Eltima | V | 💾 | Free | |
| SWF & FLV Player Pro | Eltima | V | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| SWF & FLV Toolbox | Eltima | C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| SWF Live Preview | Eltima | V | 💾 | Free | |
| SWF Video Converter | Eltima | C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| Swiff Player | GlobFX | V | 💾 | Free | |
| VLC Media Player | The VideoLAN Team | C+V | 💾 | Free | |
| Winamp Media Player | Winamp | V | 💾 | Free | |
| Windows Media Player | Microsoft | V | OLE | 💾 | Free |
| Corel/Microsoft/OpenOffice (dbf, doc, mdb, odt, ppt, rtf, sxw, wpd, xls, etc.) |
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| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| Access Database Viewer | Free Labs Software | V | 💾 | Free | |
| Bullzip Print to Word | BioPDF | C (9) | 💾 | Free | |
| Excel Viewer | Microsoft | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| Advanced PDF to Word Converter | OfficeConvert.com | C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| OXPS to XPS converter tool for Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1 | Microsoft | C | 💾 | Free (validation required) |
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| Pandoc | John MacFarlane | C | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Powerpoint Viewer | Microsoft | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| Save as PDF or XPS for MS-Office 2007 | Microsoft | C | 💾 | Free | |
| Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access | Microsoft | V | 💾 | Free | |
| TextMaker Viewer | SoftMaker | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| Visio Viewer | Microsoft | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| Word Viewer | Microsoft | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| xBaseView | Mutex LLC | V | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| Portable Documents (pdf, xps, oxps) |
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| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| Acrobat Wrapper | bioPDF | P (8) | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Adobe Reader | Adobe | V+P | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Bullzip PDF printer | BioPDF | C | OLE | 💾 | Free |
| doPDF (PDF printer) | Softland | C | 💾 | Free | |
| Doro PDF printer | the sz development | C | 💾 | Free (donations welcome) |
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| Drumlin PDF Reader/Publisher | Drumlin Security | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| Foxit Reader | Foxit Software | V+P | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| MUPDF | Dirk Paehl | V+C+P (6) | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Advanced PDF to Word Converter | OfficeConvert.com | C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| OXPS to XPS converter tool for Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1 | Microsoft | C | 💾 | Free (validation required) |
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| PDF-XChange Viewer | Tracker Software | V+P | 💾 | Free | |
| PDF2HTML | Mikhail Kruk | C | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| PDF2Word Online | BCL Technologies | C | 💾 | Free | |
| PDF995 Suite (PDF printer+) | Software995.com | C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| PDFZilla | PDFZilla.com | C | 💾 | 🛒 | |
| Save as PDF or XPS for MS-Office 2007 | Microsoft | C | 💾 | Free | |
| STDU Explorer | STDUtility.com | V (5) | 💾 | Free | |
| Sumatra PDF | Krzysztof Kowalczyk | V+P+C (7) | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Text Mining Tool | Text-Mining-Tool.com/ | C | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| XPS Viewer | Microsoft | V+P | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Zilla PDF to TXT Converter | PDFZilla.com | C | 💾 | Free | |
| Help Files (hlp, hxs) |
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| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| HXS to CHM Converter | JSWare | C | 💾 | Free | |
| Windows Help Program | Microsoft | V+P | 💾 | Free (validation required) |
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| eBooks | |||||
| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| Calibre | Kovid Goyal | V+C | 💾 | Free | |
| KindleGen | Amazon | C | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Pandoc | John MacFarlane | C | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| STDU Explorer | STDUtility.com | V (5) | 💾 | Free | |
| XML & XSLT | |||||
| Product | Programmer / Manufacturer | Features | Scriptable | Download | Purchase |
| AltovaXML | Altova | V+C | OLE | 💾 | Free |
| XML Starlet | Dago et al | V | CLI | 💾 | Free |
| Notes | 1 | With CopyExif, ExifTool and FxIF you can read and modify an image's EXIF data, but you cannot view nor change the image itself |
| 2 | With FastPictureViewer WIC RAW Codec Pack you can view RAW images from Canon, Nikon, and others in Windows Explorer too | |
| 3 | DCRAW is a command line tool; it can convert RAW images and read metadata, but it cannot be used to view images | |
| 4 | SImage consists of SImageUtil.dll and SImg.exe; SImg.exe is a command line tool (wrapper for SImageUtil.dll), SImageUtil.dll is a DLL to be used for scripting; both can resize images and read metadata, but they cannot be used to view images | |
| 5 | STDU Explorer adds a preview pane to an otherwise very Windows Explorer like window with all of Explorer's context menus | |
| 6 | MUPDF contains a PDF viewer plus 6 other command line PDF utilities | |
| 7 | SumatraPDF can save PDF files as Unicode text (discarding all formatting and graphics, of course) | |
| 8 | Acrobat Wrapper is, as its name suggests, a wrapper for Adobe Reader, so Adobe Reader is still required | |
| 9 | The free (unlicensed) version of Bullzip Print to Word can print up to 2 pages, the paid version can print an unlimited number of pages |
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