Windows 10: Preview pane stopped working with pdf files in both windows 11 and windows 10

Discus and support Preview pane stopped working with pdf files in both windows 11 and windows 10 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Yesterday the preview pane in my work pc running Windows 11 stopped loading pdf in the preview pane. just a blank screen. The apparent fix while... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by jlggg, Jan 18, 2023.

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    Preview pane stopped working with pdf files in both windows 11 and windows 10


    Yesterday the preview pane in my work pc running Windows 11 stopped loading pdf in the preview pane. just a blank screen. The apparent fix while searching the web was to update Acrobat but I don't have those installation files so I told the boss and that was that. In the meantime I installed the powertoy for file explorer which works but the resulting pdf image looks blurry but it will have to do for now.I knew the preview pane worked with pdf files at home, where I have Windows 10 and Foxit free pdf, so I tried there and guess what, same thing, preview pane is blank. So the culprit has to be

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    jlggg, Jan 18, 2023
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