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Preview bug?

New Here ,
Oct 15, 2025 Oct 15, 2025

New bug this morning.  I can't preview any files associated with Abobe? The preview window in both Illustrator and windows explorer say " The file you are attempting to preview could harm your computer" . Don't know if there was an update or something. i made no changes from yesterday when it was working fine? Please help! Windows 11 PC. 

 

 

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New Here , Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025

I uninstalled the Oct securty update and it fixed the issue. I have paused any future updates. Hopefully they fix this issue.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 15, 2025 Oct 15, 2025

sounds like a local security issue.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 16, 2025 Oct 16, 2025

 

The preview window in both Illustrator and windows explorer say " The file you are attempting to preview could harm your computer" .

By @FS412

 

It looks like an update to Windows is causing this issue. Look at these posts from Microsoft:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5585306/file-explorer-not-previewing-pdf-files-s...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5585704/windows-preview-pane-stopped-working-wit...

 

Jane

 

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New Here ,
Oct 19, 2025 Oct 19, 2025

Hi FS412,

 

Theres an update lately from Windows. It was 15 Oct. update.

 

You can uninstall that specific update to resolve this issue. Hopefully it will work for you!

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New Here ,
Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025

I uninstalled the Oct securty update and it fixed the issue. I have paused any future updates. Hopefully they fix this issue.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 22, 2025 Oct 22, 2025
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thanks for the update 

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