Change F11-Preview app for pdf files

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highend
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Re: Change F11-Preview app for pdf files

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Get shellexview x64 from nirsoft, check your preview handlers.
Obviously something's wrong on your OS when even Windows Explorer can't preview a .pdf anymore...
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Re: Change F11-Preview app for pdf files

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highend wrote: 24 May 2025 18:48 Get shellexview x64 from nirsoft, check your preview handlers.
Obviously something's wrong on your OS when even Windows Explorer can't preview a .pdf anymore...
I already have shellexview, that's how I got the guid for edge.

Windows Explorer suddenly is previewing .pdf again, without any intervention...

I double-checked the guid I got from shellexview for edge, and it's correct in XY.

What do you suggest, install and try Sumatra again, or other action?
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Re: Change F11-Preview app for pdf files

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I'm using the old stable 3.4.6 x64 version here and it has worked flawlessly ever since
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Re: Change F11-Preview app for pdf files

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highend wrote: 25 May 2025 08:25 I'm using the old stable 3.4.6 x64 version here and it has worked flawlessly ever since
I got it working by removing the "User-Defined Preview Handler" associated with Sumatra (it was the only one).

It's working with both 3.4.6 and 3.5.2.

Windows Explorer is also displaying the preview.

I don't know what was wrong, but anyway, it's working fine now!

Thanks!
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Re: Change F11-Preview app for pdf files

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