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MP3's do show preview. So do txt.
doc and pdf no preview. I'm using Foxit Reader so that may be the reason on pdf's.
Your not getting any of those?
So now I understand your thinking on a reformat/ reinstall.
There is also a repair install option if you have a Windows disk- not the recovery like HP and Dell uses.
Repair Install
This repairs registry etc. but retains files and documents etc.
Worth a read before re installing from scratch.
Mike
I just really get annoyed when we/I can't find the answer. LOL
See you tomorrow about time for bed here.
We will see what the morning brings.
Mike
Thanks Irene - that had frustrated me for a few days until I read your post. Even though I have used so many PCs where it was working, I had lost the plot on this one on a PC I recently set up. I was also chasing down a blind alley by looking at the status line icon as that changes on preview too --- well for .pdf it does but not for MSOffice items (how hard would that be ?) apparently.
What is the point of the "show preview" option under Tools which seems just designed to frustrate the explorer hide/show preview button ?
Here it is the "REAL" solution (worked for me)
Add this to your registry: (select text, copy to notepad, save as file.txt, rename file.txt to file.reg)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{6d2b5079-2f0b-48dd-ab7f-97cec514d30b}]
@="Preview Handler Surrogate Host"
"DllSurrogate"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\
70,00,72,00,65,00,76,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,\
00