PDF preview not working in Explorer

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My PDF Viewer in Explorer stopped working a few weeks ago. I have tried the following troubleshooting steps & they have not worked 1) Preview pane in Explorer turned on/off 2) Adobe reader "Enable PDF thumbnails previews" unchecked & re-checked. 3) uninstall/re-install Adobe reader. 4) went to Adobe program file setting & selected run in "compatibility mode" forWindow 8. 5) prayed...

Nothing has worked - Anyone have any other suggestions?

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WesWooHooCorrect answer

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If you're in Windows 10 with this (I've been frustrated for months with this), if previews work INSIDE Acrobat but not in Explorer.
There was a Microsoft thread about this and the solution was to load Microsoft PowerToys. There is an option under File Explorer Add-ons to enable PDF previews! It actually worked for me. Apologies to Adobe for all of my angry rants (on this issue). Good Luck everyone

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TheDragonBytes

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Same problem here. Preview of pdf files doesn't work in either File Explorer or with a third party file manager I have been using.

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