In windows 7, one can set the file tree preview pane to show a preview of a PDF file when you click on it once. In windows 8, this does not work,.
Thank you!
Your questions:
Thank you for posting the query in Microsoft Community Forums. 1. Do you have any other PDF Reader installed on the computer such as Adobe Reader?
> The group uses BlueBeam, although if no solution exists for BlueBeam on Windows 8 I will ask if Adobe Acrobat Reader is a workable alternative
2. Are you able to view the icon on the right hand side on the Preview Pane?
> The icon of the file is there with the default BlueBeam image on all PDF files. No image of the file as icon is visible.
3. Which version of Bluebeam have you installed?
> Bluebeam Xtreme
4. Is this issue specific to Bluebeam? Are you able to work with other Reader programs?
> Looking into this and will report back.
I would suggest you to check if you are using the latest version of Bluebeam on the computer.
> Yes, the latest version of BlueBeam Xtreme is installed.
You may try the multiple steps that are suggested in the article provided here.
I would also suggest you to post the query in Bluebeam support forums to get more information.
> :) Have done at the same time I posted this Q here! (Not sure if the issue was one for Windows 8 or BlueBeam so I wanted to cover my bases...:))
Hope this information helps.
> Thank you!
I will look into the resource links above and post an update. It would be swell if you also check back here as if I find something relevant and have another Q I would love your input!
Many thanks!
Having issues with your PDF previews working with Microsoft Outlook or Windows Explorer on a 64-bit version of Windows? Turns out the problem is that Adobe sucks, but a quick registry hack can save the day.
For example, when I try to preview a PDF in Outlook, I get the message “This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer: PDF Preview Handler for Vista”.
Fix PDF Previews the Easy Way
Just download the Adobe Reader preview handler x64 fixer by Leo Davidson, click the Apply Fix button…
And you can immediately begin previewing PDF files again. Yay!
Fixing the Problem the Manual Way
If you’d rather not use some application to make these changes, you can make a manual fix by opening up regedit.exe and browsing down to the following key:
![Cad Cad](https://i109.fastpic.ru/big/2019/0501/ed/15782d1c9978bb2c77661291085109ed.jpg)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeClasses
CLSID{DC6EFB56-9CFA-464D-8880-44885D7DC193}
CLSID{DC6EFB56-9CFA-464D-8880-44885D7DC193}
Then change the AppID to the following (make sure you’re on the right key, as indicated in the screenshot).
![Bluebeam Bluebeam](/uploads/1/2/5/0/125087972/489959576.png)
{534A1E02-D58F-44f0-B58B-36CBED287C7C}
That should be it. All done!
Credits
Unlike most of the registry hacks on this site, we didn’t come up with this one! In fact, it was Leo Davidson who figured it out and wrote the easy fixer utility, and Ed Bott, author of the excellent Windows 7 Inside Out book who pointed us towards the fix. You should subscribe to their sites, and buy Ed’s book! (seriously, it’s an excellent book)
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