Can't see thumbnail images in Windows Explorer
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:58 am
This is a bit hard to figure out.
Bear with me.
Recently, in Windows Explorer, the thumbnail images for PDF files can't be seen.
1. Typical solution of settings in Adobe are correct.
Edit/Preferences/General/Enable PDF thumbnail previews in Windows Explorer is checked (on)
2. PDF-XChange Editor is normally the default, noticed when having Preview Pane on in Windows Explorer, the message is "This file can't be previewed because of an error in the SumatraPDF Preview (*.pdf).
Sumatra PDF was removed recently.
3. Tried to make Bluebeam Revu as the default (in windows Settings/Choose default applications by file type) and this time the thumbnails previews worked.
Changed back to PDF-XChange Editor, went to another folder and no good.
4. Went to settings in PDF-XChange Editor ... File/Preferences/File Associations/Thumbnail Handler for PDF files ... whatever I choose it won't let me change
Operating System is Windows 10.
How can it be fixed?
Bear with me.
Recently, in Windows Explorer, the thumbnail images for PDF files can't be seen.
1. Typical solution of settings in Adobe are correct.
Edit/Preferences/General/Enable PDF thumbnail previews in Windows Explorer is checked (on)
2. PDF-XChange Editor is normally the default, noticed when having Preview Pane on in Windows Explorer, the message is "This file can't be previewed because of an error in the SumatraPDF Preview (*.pdf).
Sumatra PDF was removed recently.
3. Tried to make Bluebeam Revu as the default (in windows Settings/Choose default applications by file type) and this time the thumbnails previews worked.
Changed back to PDF-XChange Editor, went to another folder and no good.
4. Went to settings in PDF-XChange Editor ... File/Preferences/File Associations/Thumbnail Handler for PDF files ... whatever I choose it won't let me change
Operating System is Windows 10.
How can it be fixed?