How to activate the new Preview function for PDF files?

[Explorer]

How can I activate the new Preview function for PDF files?

In the Preview tab I only see raw preview like in the Raw View tab.

Win 7 64 bit
PDF viewer: PDF-XChange Viewer

[admin]

Make sure that *.PDF is ticked in Configuration | Previewed Formats | Category | Office Files.

[Explorer]

*.pdf is already ticked in Configuration | Previewed Formats | Category | Office Files.

But I had to untick it in Configuration | Previewed Formats | Category | Text Files. There are a lot of formats ticked in "Text Files".

After unticking it in Text Files it works now.

Is there a way to get thumbnails from PDF files?

[admin]

Is there a way to get thumbnails from PDF files?

Sure, should work out of the box. If not then ensure this is ticked: Configuration | Thumbnails | Show thumbnails for non-images

[Explorer]

This is already ticked: Configuration | Preview | Thumbnails | Show thumbnails for non-images

But I'm getting only this:

PDF Thumbnail

ScreenShot-20151216-104156.png (6.97 KiB) Viewed 5292 times

[admin]

Here is a tip that might help: http://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=PDFthumbs

[Explorer]

Unfortunately it didn't help. I already have PDF-XChange Viewer installed, added the data into the registry and rebootet. Nothing changed.

[admin]

Run Nirsoft's ShellExView and check out your thumbnail handlers...

[Explorer]

Is that what you need?

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PDF-XChange PDF Preview Provider	No	Preview Handler	PDF-XChange Shell Extention	2.5.0214.0002	Tracker Software PDF-XChange Shell Extention	Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.	No	No	No	No	No	No	D:\Program Files\PDF-XChange\Shell Extensions\XCShInfo.dll	{CF822AB4-6DB5-4FDA-BC28-E61DF36D2583}	12.09.2012 12:19:46	04.06.2014 08:12:38	No		A	7.299.136	No		No	
PDF-XChange PDF Property Handler	No	MetaData	PDF-XChange Shell Extention	2.5.0214.0002	Tracker Software PDF-XChange Shell Extention	Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.	No	No	No	No	No	No	D:\Program Files\PDF-XChange\Shell Extensions\XCShInfo.dll	{67EB453C-1BE1-48EC-AAF3-23B10277FCC1}	12.09.2012 12:19:46	04.06.2014 08:12:38	No	.pdf	A	7.299.136	No		No	
PDF-XChange PDF Property Handler	No	Property Handler	PDF-XChange Shell Extention	2.5.0214.0002	Tracker Software PDF-XChange Shell Extention	Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.	No	No	No	No	No	No	D:\Program Files\PDF-XChange\Shell Extensions\XCShInfo.dll	{67EB453C-1BE1-48EC-AAF3-23B10277FCC1}	12.09.2012 12:19:46	04.06.2014 08:12:38	No		A	7.299.136	No		No	
PDF-XChange PDF Thumbnail Provider	No	System	PDF-XChange Shell Extention	2.5.0214.0002	Tracker Software PDF-XChange Shell Extention	Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd.	No	No	No	No	No	No	D:\Program Files\PDF-XChange\Shell Extensions\XCShInfo.dll	{EBD0B8F4-A9A0-41B7-9695-030CD264D9C8}	12.09.2012 12:19:46	04.06.2014 08:12:38	No		A	7.299.136	No		No	

[admin]

Looks alright to me.

Hmm, in case you are using the thumbnails cache, you already tried this? View | Caches | Refresh Thumbnails

[Explorer]

Yes, I'm using the thumbnails cache. But View | Caches | Refresh Thumbnails is grayed out.

After changing a little bit in configuration Refresh Thumbnails is no more grayed out. But Refresh Thumbnails did not help.

[admin]

Hm. No more ideas here at the moment.