Vista - Preview handler not working

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.

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.../27/14001.aspx




"Brendan" <brendan@feq.com.au> wrote in message
news:uiyGfRB0HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> 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,

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

Just FYI.

"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
news:46a9bb52$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> 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.../27/14001.aspx
>
>
>
>
> "Brendan" <brendan@feq.com.au> wrote in message
> news:uiyGfRB0HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 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.
>
>