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I can't seem to "preview" document files in Explorer, most types anyway.
Image viewers still seem to work.
If I open the Preview pane, then select any .TXT, .DOC, or .XLS files, the Preview pane says:
"This file can't be previewed because of an error in the Windows TXT previewer."
"This file can't be previewed because of an error in the Microsoft Office Word previewer."
"This file can't be previewed because of an error in the Microsoft Office Excel previewer."
Any ideas as to what might be causing this?
(Running Windows 7 Professional)
J_Mack
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I found a solution that seems to have worked for me. In Microsoft Word I went to:
Office Button -> Word Options -> Resources, and clicked on "Run Microsoft Office Diagnostics." It took a while. It found one installation issue as the very last test of 40 tests. I closed Word and re-opened, and the previews are now working again.
Hi All,
Don't know if my fix will be your fix, but I also found that by disabling add-ins the problem disappeared, so I went through the list and disabled them one at a time, and found that a template I had installed which was a Labelling Add-in by Avery Labels was the problem. Needless to say I uninstalled the ____ out of this program through "add-remove programs" and file previewer is working again.
It might not be the same add-in for you, but it might just be one add-in conflicting with another.
Look through your add-in list and remove any you don't need.
I have the same situation Win7 64 Enterprise.
After doing a search all the previews disappear.
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Itried this, too, exactly as you described, but it didn't work. Anyone else have advice that does work (other than the re-install of the OS I read below)?
Thanks.
