Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

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phi0112358
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Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

Post by phi0112358 »

Hi guys,

a few days ago i was struggling with a bug which makes mouse down blow preview impossible for pdfs stored in OneDrive, if you use PDF X-Change Viewer.

Now i found that mouse down blow preview works fine also in onedrive if you use adobe acrobat reader.

I know there is a way to set up different programs to open pdfs in windows and preview in xyplorer.

My question is just, where do i find this "guid" for adobe acrobat? so that i could preview my pdfs with adobe, but i still want to open them with pdf x-change or with sumatra pdf.

thanks for your help

highend
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Re: Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

Post by highend »

The current default one via text get("previewhandler", "pdf");

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00. Get ShellExView from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
01. Start the 64-bit version of it, if your OS is 64-bit
02. Menu Options - [x] Show 32-bit Shell Extensions
03. Sort for column "Type", only "Preview Handler" is relevant here
04. Get the belonging CLSID for an application from the column "CLSID"
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insight
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Re: Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

Post by insight »

highend wrote: 13 Jun 2020 08:57 The current default one via text get("previewhandler", "pdf");

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00. Get ShellExView from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
01. Start the 64-bit version of it, if your OS is 64-bit
02. Menu Options - [x] Show 32-bit Shell Extensions
03. Sort for column "Type", only "Preview Handler" is relevant here
04. Get the belonging CLSID for an application from the column "CLSID"
How do I do the same for EPUB Files that Sumatra PDF can open and see?

Can I manually point XYPlorer to Sumtra's CLSID/ GUID for ePUB pre-viewing? Cause I dont see it in Nirsoft via the above steps.

PS: My PDF's are automatically working for PDF X Change Viewer Free. Need to do ePUB files with Sumatra. (Maybe do PDF with it later if its better in some way).

highend
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Re: Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

Post by highend »

It's still the same GUID^^
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insight
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Re: Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

Post by insight »

highend wrote: 24 Mar 2021 15:13 It's still the same GUID^^
I'd like to do a epub > Sumatra CLSID/ GUID ... but I am unable to find it using your outlined steps.

highend
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Re: Where to find GUID for user defined preview handlers?

Post by highend »

What? Again, it's still the same Sumatra GUID^^
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