Windows 7 Preview Pane not working

Anonymous
2009-09-14T09:17:03+00:00

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
2012-06-08T13:47:07+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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-08-20T01:32:40+00:00

    In my case it was already unchecked - so I checked it, then a few minutes later unchecked it again - and problem solved!

    Thanks  ;o)

    Worked for me too - thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-07-16T00:27:23+00:00

    nice :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-07-08T21:48:08+00:00

    I have tried all the fixes mentioned in this thread and I still can't get the preview pane to display anything except an picture image

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-07T20:33:24+00:00

    This didn't help for me. I have the file associations setup as it does open the .pdf when I click on it. In the preview pane it says "No preview available". The preview worked in the past.

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