Here you go,
In Windows Explorer, click Organize / Folder and Search options / View Tab.
Remove the Check Mark from the Always show Icons never Thumbnails option.
Click Apply / OK.
Regards
Windows 7 Preview Pane not working
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Anonymous
Hi everybody,
It seems that I've some kind of problem with the PREVIEW PANE of the EXPLORER which only works for pictures and not for others type of files ( for video it only shows a pic, doesn't work for .txt, .pdf etc).
Would you know how to fix this problem ?
Regards
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Anonymous
2017-08-24T21:28:11+00:00 BOOM it worked, with a repair of Acrobat and a reboot.
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Anonymous
2017-07-26T14:48:35+00:00 BOOM!
That is the "you're and idiot" answer. Try thinking that your simple way was tried and didn't work.
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Anonymous
2017-02-20T03:45:28+00:00 It worked for me(Windows 7)
In Windows Explorer, click Organize / Folder and Search options / View Tab.
Check Mark from the "Show preview handlers in preview pane" option.
Click Apply / OK.
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Anonymous
2016-05-24T18:14:42+00:00 Here you go,
In Windows Explorer, click Organize / Folder and Search options / View Tab.
Remove the Check Mark from the Always show Icons never Thumbnails option.
Click Apply / OK.
Regards