Hi,

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem. The preview pane in Vista does
not seem to be displaying any contents. I've tired all the expected places
e.g. "Organise" "Layout" "Preview Pane" and also "Organise" "Folder and
Search Options" "View" all the various options I expect to see checked are.
I've tried unchecking and rechecking but it seems to make no difference.

This happens with all types: email, documents, pictures, music and other.

Obviously I can double click them and open them in their native application
but the preview option seems like a great idea.

As an aside, and not sure if it is related, but Outlook 2007 does not
preview picture attachments either. It comes back with a message "no such
interface supported". Again, not sure of the reason or if its related, but
any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

David

Anyone else found this problem?? Thanks - David

"David" wrote:

Hi,

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem. The preview pane in Vista does
not seem to be displaying any contents. I've tired all the expected places
e.g. "Organise" "Layout" "Preview Pane" and also "Organise" "Folder and
Search Options" "View" all the various options I expect to see checked are.
I've tried unchecking and rechecking but it seems to make no difference.

This happens with all types: email, documents, pictures, music and other.

Obviously I can double click them and open them in their native application
but the preview option seems like a great idea.

As an aside, and not sure if it is related, but Outlook 2007 does not
preview picture attachments either. It comes back with a message "no such
interface supported". Again, not sure of the reason or if its related, but
any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

David

I'm having the same problem on one PC. On another, it works just fine.

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I've reinstalled my computer today. This time - it all works fine. Maybe
it'll break again once I've got more of the applications reinstalled.


"Dave Champagne" wrote:

I'm having the same problem on one PC. On another, it works just fine.

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I have recently upgraded from XP PRo to Vista Business and also have this
problem. It works fine for images, but it won't display even a simple text
file. The preview pane is just blank. Same for word, powerpoint docs etc.

Any helps would be appreciated.

Cheers.

"David" wrote:

I've reinstalled my computer today. This time - it all works fine. Maybe
it'll break again once I've got more of the applications reinstalled.


"Dave Champagne" wrote:

I'm having the same problem on one PC. On another, it works just fine.

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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:42:46 -0800, Dave Champagne wrote:

I'm having the same problem on one PC. On another, it works just fine.

Err... what problem would this be?

--
Nigel M

I am having trouble with the preview pane as well. The only "preview" that I
am getting is the icon for which program the file is associated with. For
example, all of the .jpg files are showing the icon for Windows Photo Gallery
rather than the picture itself. I'm less interested in previewing documents,
but I would like to preview photos rather than having click to find out if it
was the one I had in mind.

This is a new Dell Laptop (Inspiron 6400, Core 2 Duo 2gHz, with 2g RAM).
The preview pane has never worked, so I doubt that some kind of system
restore will fix it. Any other ideas on how to get it to work properly?

"David" wrote:

Hi,

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem. The preview pane in Vista does
not seem to be displaying any contents. I've tired all the expected places
e.g. "Organise" "Layout" "Preview Pane" and also "Organise" "Folder and
Search Options" "View" all the various options I expect to see checked are.
I've tried unchecking and rechecking but it seems to make no difference.

This happens with all types: email, documents, pictures, music and other.

Obviously I can double click them and open them in their native application
but the preview option seems like a great idea.

As an aside, and not sure if it is related, but Outlook 2007 does not
preview picture attachments either. It comes back with a message "no such
interface supported". Again, not sure of the reason or if its related, but
any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

David

I'm not 100% sure but try this: Click the Organize button and choose Folder
and Search Options. Click the View tab and clear the first checkbox "Always
show icons..." then click OK. That should get you thumbnails for JPEGs and
such.

For documents you often have to choose Save Thumbnail in the Save As dialog
box when saving the file.

--
"Bridget" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble with the preview pane as well. The only "preview" that
I
am getting is the icon for which program the file is associated with. For
example, all of the .jpg files are showing the icon for Windows Photo
Gallery
rather than the picture itself. I'm less interested in previewing
documents,
but I would like to preview photos rather than having click to find out if
it
was the one I had in mind.

This is a new Dell Laptop (Inspiron 6400, Core 2 Duo 2gHz, with 2g RAM).
The preview pane has never worked, so I doubt that some kind of system
restore will fix it. Any other ideas on how to get it to work properly?

"David" wrote:

Hi,

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem. The preview pane in Vista
does
not seem to be displaying any contents. I've tired all the expected
places
e.g. "Organise" "Layout" "Preview Pane" and also "Organise" "Folder
and
Search Options" "View" all the various options I expect to see checked
are.
I've tried unchecking and rechecking but it seems to make no difference.

This happens with all types: email, documents, pictures, music and other.

Obviously I can double click them and open them in their native
application
but the preview option seems like a great idea.

As an aside, and not sure if it is related, but Outlook 2007 does not
preview picture attachments either. It comes back with a message "no
such
interface supported". Again, not sure of the reason or if its related,
but
any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

David

Much appreciated. This was the answer I needed. I don't recall every
checking the box that says "Always Show Icons...", but I certainly did need
it unchecked.

Thanks again!

"Puppy Breath" wrote:

I'm not 100% sure but try this: Click the Organize button and choose Folder
and Search Options. Click the View tab and clear the first checkbox "Always
show icons..." then click OK. That should get you thumbnails for JPEGs and
such.

For documents you often have to choose Save Thumbnail in the Save As dialog
box when saving the file.

--
"Bridget" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble with the preview pane as well. The only "preview" that
I
am getting is the icon for which program the file is associated with. For
example, all of the .jpg files are showing the icon for Windows Photo
Gallery
rather than the picture itself. I'm less interested in previewing
documents,
but I would like to preview photos rather than having click to find out if
it
was the one I had in mind.

This is a new Dell Laptop (Inspiron 6400, Core 2 Duo 2gHz, with 2g RAM).
The preview pane has never worked, so I doubt that some kind of system
restore will fix it. Any other ideas on how to get it to work properly?

"David" wrote:

Hi,

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem. The preview pane in Vista
does
not seem to be displaying any contents. I've tired all the expected
places
e.g. "Organise" "Layout" "Preview Pane" and also "Organise" "Folder
and
Search Options" "View" all the various options I expect to see checked
are.
I've tried unchecking and rechecking but it seems to make no difference.

This happens with all types: email, documents, pictures, music and other.

Obviously I can double click them and open them in their native
application
but the preview option seems like a great idea.

As an aside, and not sure if it is related, but Outlook 2007 does not
preview picture attachments either. It comes back with a message "no
such
interface supported". Again, not sure of the reason or if its related,
but
any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

David