Preview handler not working

[Brendan]

Hi,

For some reason the preview handler in VISTA Ultimate is not working
properly. I can preview .doc files and graphic files (.gif, .jpg) but no
others.
Interestingly, when I select a .pdf file to preview in VISTA explorer, while
there is no preview in the preview pane I can see a small preview of the
file in the icon displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the window (in
what I would have called the Status bar in previous versions). Somtimes this
seems to get "stuck", but selecting, say, a folder, then reselecting a pdf
file seems to reset the small icon preview again.
The pdf preview doesn't work at all in Outlook 2007 - it generates an error
saying there was an error with the pdf preview handler.

Anyone have any clues on this one. Seems a LOT of people are having the same
problem, but no solutions have appeared yet.

 

[carl feredeck]

the pdf preview thumbnail is generated by a dll from adobe reader
and was not a part of Vista originally...

there is a preview thing for PDF Vista and outlook 2007 by
foxit (foxit reader) see this page.. NOTE: I have not tried this!
I just know it exists and I am forwarding the information to you.

http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive/2007/02/27/14001.aspx

 

[Spanky deMonkey]

Carl,

Shouldn't you be posting to primate.retard.general? You are in the wrong
group. You should be with your own species.

Just FYI.