Getting preview pane to work for .pdf & .jpg

On my computer I have the preview pane turne on but all I see for .jp
images is the "Windows Media viewer" generic icon & not the image

Also I want to display .PDF's in the preview pane & have Adobe 9 reade
loaded but it just stays white in the preview pane

Is there a way to "reset" to default behavior or??

Please hel

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jimklein

jimklein;838201 Wrote:
> On my computer I have the preview pane turned on but all I see for .jpg
> images is the "Windows Media viewer" generic icon & not the image.
>
> Also I want to display .PDF's in the preview pane & have Adobe 9 reader
> loaded but it just stays white in the preview pane.
>
> Is there a way to "reset" to default behavior or ???
>
> Please help

Hello Jim,

I do not know if you can get .PDF files to view in the Preview Pane or
not. For .JPG files, double check in this tutorial to make sure that the
Preview Pane settings is set properly.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...-explorer.html


Next, double check using this tutorial to make sure that Windows Photo
Gallery is set as the default program with all of it's associations set
for it.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83...ociations.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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I appreciate your help - this is what I'm seeing (after uninstalling
re-installing Adobe Reader

On my Wifes computer (Vista/32) both jpg's & pdf's view correctly i
both the file pane & the preview panes

On My computer (Vista/64) All I see for .jpg is the generic MS viewe
icon in both panes but never a "thumbnail" imag

Also I can never see a thumbnail of a jpg in either window although th
file is associated correctly & launches the reader when clicked on th
the preview pane is blank

Thanks, Ji

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jimklein

Interesting - I got the .jpg's to work by changing a folder option tha
said to always show the icon & never thumbnails... (duh)..

But the .pdf's still don't work..

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jimklein

Nope - Just the "Adobe" icon for all explorer views.


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jimklein

jimklein wrote:
Nope - Just the "Adobe" icon for all explorer views.
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If you're running Vista X64 bit OS you'll not see Adobe .pdf thumbnails
in Explorer.
You'll just see the Adobe icon. That is normal and it is an Adobe thing.
However, you should be able to see the thumbnails in the side view when
you open Adobe Reader.

Theory of Stupidity & Bullshit wrote:
> make sure that the adobe reader is the DEFAULT program for reading PDF
> files
>
> also try this>>>
> in windows explorer right click on a pdf file, then go to OPEN WITH, and
> make another program the default for PDF, for example NOTEPAD
> then do that again, but this time select ADOBE READER as the default..
>
> that might fix it..
>
> tell me if it does..
>
> if it's the same problem I had though... I couldn't find a solution and
> no one else seems to know on the whole wide world.. not even ADOBE!
>
> In my frustration I formatted vista just because of this stupid thing!
>
> but lets hope this is not the same problem
>
>
>
> "jimklein" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>>
>> Nope - Just the "Adobe" icon for all explorer views.
>>
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>> jimklein
>
>
Hey bozo, thumbnail views from Explorer of Adobe .pdf files has NEVER
been available in either XP Pro X64 or Vista X64.
Maybe they will be available in the upcoming 64 bit CS4...hopefully!
Oh, and Adobe has been aware of this for a long time now...like the very
day the first beta of XP X64 was released!
And to think you reformatted Vista cause you thought it was Vista's
fault?...hahaha!...LOL!

Vista 64 doesn't offer PDF preview functionality yet. Here is a threa
on Adobe's site discussing this very issue
'Adobe Forums - PDF Preview Handler doesn't work
(http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc43a89)

I would suggest using FoxIt to get around this issue
'Foxit PDF Preview Handler Free Download » My Digital Life
(http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...-free-download

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