Windows 10: PDF'S no thumbnails tried regeadit and preferences, need helpies

hey everyone, PDFS, have only generic acrobat logos, no thumbnails,I have set preferences in adobe, I have tried multiple reg edit fixes, nothing seems to work and get me them spicy thumbnails

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Preview and thumbnails of pdf files are not available

Hi Michelle, my name is Martin and I'm an Independent Advisor. I'll try to help you here.

Preview and Thumbnails of PDF files can be disabled on your PC . . .

I suggest that you follow steps below to enable this feature

Start Adobe Reader

Tap on Edit in the menu bar and select Preferences

Under Categories highlight General

Put the checkmark next to the box Enable PDF thumbnail previews in Windows Explorer

I also recommend the article - Enable thumbnail of PDFs in Windows Explorer to get further information

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/enable-pd...

 

File Explorer - Some PDF's show thumbnail image, some don’t

In Windows 10 File Explorer, I see thumbnails for a few of my pdf files but still see the generic Adobe pdf icon for most of them.

• In Windows 10 folder options, the checkbox for “Always show icons, never thumbnails” is unchecked.
• On the Adobe Reader preferences general tab, “Enable PDF thumbnails previews in Windows Explorer” is checked.
• Adobe Acrobat is set as my default PDF viewer.
• I have used Disk Cleanup to delete all my thumbnails to clear and rebuild the cache, yet the problem persists.

Any suggestions on how I can see all the pdf icons as thumbnails?
Windows 10 Pro, Version 1903, Build 18362.657
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (20.006.20034)

I asked over in the Adobe Acrobat Reader forum a few days ago but have received no replies.





Ron

 

PDF thumbnail view

Setting Adobe Viewer as the default viewer for PDFs fixes this issue. OTOH, if you want to retain Edge as the default PDF viewer, you need to use Adobe's thumbnail module. Run the registry fix pdf_thumbnail_adobe.reg in this article. That should do the trick.

Once done, do the following if required.

• Log off and log back into your account, or restart the Explorer shell via Task Manager.
  
• Clear the thumbnail cache using Disk Cleanup.