The preview format used on Windows is only for "cmd.exe".

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diff --git a/src/commands/core/actor.rs b/src/commands/core/actor.rs
index 91a1846..ae3d413 100644
--- a/src/commands/core/actor.rs
+++ b/src/commands/core/actor.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn prompt_finder(

     let exe = fs::exe_string();

-    let preview = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+    let preview = if CONFIG.shell().contains("cmd.exe") {
         format!(
             r#"(@echo.{{+}}{eof}{{q}}{eof}{name}{eof}{extra}) | {exe} preview-var-stdin"#,
             exe = exe,

So after this modification, FZF preview will use the right way to communicate with other shells. I set config.yaml shell command to elvish or nushell, they work OK with the default preview format.

Pwsh will still show an error, so it needs another preview format, but it is too slow to be used as a preview shell anyway.

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