Windows 10: Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?

Discus and support Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello,With file explorer preview enabled, when opening a MS Office document Word, Excel, PP, etc..., I am receiving what appears to be a MS windows pop... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by David_Conner, Feb 13, 2023.

  1. DAVID_CONNER
    David_Conner Win User

    Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?


    Hello,With file explorer preview enabled, when opening a MS Office document Word, Excel, PP, etc..., I am receiving what appears to be a MS windows pop up but it provides no information to troubleshoot the issue. I am not able to tie this back to an event log. By process of elimination I have tracked this to an issue with File Explorer Preview feature by disabling the feature. After doing this, the annoying pop-up stops and files open without the alert.Windows is up to date on latest patches as of 2/13/2023.OS: Windows 10 Pro version 10.0.19045 22H2Windows Feature: File Explorer Preview d

    :)
     
    David_Conner, Feb 13, 2023
    #1
Thema:

Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?

Loading...

  1. Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files? - Similar Threads - issue between File

  2. Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?

    in Windows 10 Network and Sharing
    Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?: Hello,With file explorer preview enabled, when opening a MS Office document Word, Excel, PP, etc..., I am receiving what appears to be a MS windows pop up but it provides no information to troubleshoot the issue. I am not able to tie this back to an event log. By process of...

  3. Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?

    in Windows 10 Gaming
    Is there a know issue between Windows File Explorer preview and opening office files?: Hello,With file explorer preview enabled, when opening a MS Office document Word, Excel, PP, etc..., I am receiving what appears to be a MS windows pop up but it provides no information to troubleshoot the issue. I am not able to tie this back to an event log. By process of...

  4. Opening Office files crashes Explorer

    in Microsoft Office and 365
    Opening Office files crashes Explorer: Office 2013 Pro Plus. when trying to open doc or excel files maybe other files as well, Clicking on the .doc file goes unresponsive and after awhile closes but crashes explorer ie my desktop refreshes. I can open the same files using the Word or Excel, so the issue seems to...

  5. Explorer File Preview

    in Windows 10 Customization
    Explorer File Preview: Explorer preview not working. Have searched internet on possible fixes. Windows 10 Pro OS build 19041.450 Explorer->General->Open File Explorer set to this PC Explorer->View->Files and Folders->Show preview handlers in preview pane checked. Registry setting added....

  6. Unable to open Office files inside file explorer

    in Windows 10 Network and Sharing
    Unable to open Office files inside file explorer: I am running Windows 10. Inside file explorer, I cannot open office files word, excel, pics, etc - I CAN open PDFs. If I go into the application, word for example, I can pull the file up through browse and open it from there. I also have no preview images on pics. When I...

  7. No file preview in the preview pane and file explore

    in Windows 10 Network and Sharing
    No file preview in the preview pane and file explore: This is an ongoing, intermittent problem. For no apparent reason, my documents well stop being previewed in the previewed pain of file Explorer. Today, Word docs are previewing, but it takes a long time for them to appear. PDF docs are not previewing at all. Yesterday,...

  8. Office 2016 - no preview of Excel documents in File Explorer

    in Microsoft Office and 365
    Office 2016 - no preview of Excel documents in File Explorer: Brand new laptop with freshly installed Office 2016 (Windows 10 version 1903). I cannot get Excel docs to preview in File Explorer (no problem with all other Office documents and PDFs). Looking online, I've seen that this is a relatively common problem. I've tried all the...

  9. Issues with Preview Pane in File Explorer.

    in Windows 10 Network and Sharing
    Issues with Preview Pane in File Explorer.: in file explorer, the only preview images that show are ones imported from my android phone. there are no preview images whatsoever showing for photos previously imported from my windows 8 phone, either from pictures subfolders or from onedrive pictures folder. have tried...

  10. Office files cannot be previewed in Explorer Windows 10

    in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging
    Office files cannot be previewed in Explorer Windows 10: Preview only works for excel, pdf, and jpg (and other image) files. Word, Powerpoint files show "This file cannot be previewed" (Note that excel files do work) The issue has lasted for months. Apparently, it started in one of the automatic updates (which unfortunately have...