broken explorer preview Office 2010

nabilalk said:

@Golden:

Preview pane works for image files (see attached), so the function is not disabled. It does not work for Office files or PDFs.

This is a personal PC, so no on corporate environment.

4. Is the Preview Pane Location shown as Not configured, Enabled, or Disabled? Not configured

Mmm.OK, Not configured means that the policy hasn't been altered at all, which is the usual setting for a home install. That looks normal.

Did you try some of Irene's suggestions in Post #21 that she found?

Regards,
Golden

Mmmm... usually a sfc /scannow should fix that. Did it find any problems when you ran it?

Well, I'm stumped. Perhaps its time to call in the big guns : I'll see if I can get some more experienced folk to have a look at this. Stay tuned.

Have requested some help - please check back regularly.

Regards,
Golden

Golden says this hasn't been tried yet.

I may have found something.
Index - Add or Remove File Types

I just checked mine and pdf are checked.
All Word doc extensions are also.

Anyway this is where you choose ALL Explorer search document extensions to search.

Left pic is Snip off my PC showing Word docs. PDF is listed also.
If the boxes are unchecked that you want in win EXplore check them.
Then the Indexing will occur which as stated in tutorial may take a while.
So it won't necessarily be instant results and show in Search.


If above is checked then????
Make sure boxes are selected first in above tutorial before any of below.
Right Snip at same window but different tab shows Trouble shooting option and Rebuild Index. Never used or tried by me so????
Also Advanced Indexing Help at bottom of the window.
Hope that helps.

Mike

That is a superb Sevenforum tutorial in your link, Hopalong. :)

I looked through some of the related links at the bottom and came across this, which may also be useful:
How do I restart the Windows Search service?

1. Open Administrative Tools by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Administrative Tools.
2. Double-click Services. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3. In the Services dialog box, under Name, double-click Windows Search.
4. In the Windows Search Properties dialog box, click Stop, then click Start, and then click OK.