Fixes for 6. 4- bit Adobe Reader preview handler and thumbnails. Fixes for 6. 4- bit Adobe Reader preview handler and thumbnails. December 2. 01. 4: A new, improved version is coming soon! Note the instructions about clearing your thumbnail cache. Thanks to Jonathan Van Dusen for the heads up. Summary here. Thanks to Alex Bantzhaff! Thanks to Winfried Pohl!

Half a year after I published the information, Adobe finally incorporated the preview handler fix (but no thumbnails fix, and they leave the preview handler broken if you upgraded from Vista to Windows 7) into the installer for Adobe Reader 9. April 2. 01. 0). Maybe in 2. Adobe will manage to fix the thumbnails as well; until then you can get my fix for them below. The change is described below and a small program which performs the fix is also provided for your convenience. Unlike the thumbnail fix, described below, the preview handler fix should no longer be needed by most people, since Adobe have finally fixed their installer, but it's still provided in case it helps repair things. If you had Adobe Reader installed under Vista and later upgraded to Windows 7 then you will probably still need to run the preview handler fix once to clean up a registry value which Adobe set inconsistently between the two OS versions. If in doubt, run the fix and it will tell you if anything needs to be done.

If everything is good already then the preview handler fix won't change anything. Adobe Reader's ability to generate thumbnails for Windows Explorer, File- > Open/Save dialogs, etc. This is because Adobe still haven't produced a 6.

Fixing the thumbnail problem was more complicated than the preview handler one, but fixes for both can now be found below. While fixing the thumbnails I took the opportunity to improve the way they look. The white border around each thumbnail is now removed. December 2. 01. 4: A new, improved version is coming soon! The installer and executables are digitally signed. Thanks to GPSoftware for signing them for me. An uninstaller is provided.

Note about jumbled- up PDF thumbnails: Some people PDF thumbnails appearing above the wrong files. As far as I can tell, it was yet another error on Adobe's part. Hopefully the latest version fixes this, although I only got one confirmation so far. Note that you will need to clear your thumbnail cache: Run Disk Cleanup from the start menu, select C: , put a tick in the Thumbnails checkbox and then click OK. A few people have asked to be able to donate money to say thanks for the fixes. You don't have to but if you send money to jpotter@lss.

Pay. Pal and make a note that it's for the PDF fix, it'll get to me. That isn't actually my account (this is the first time I've needed one since I closed mine a while ago) but it belongs to a friend who will pass on the money provided the note makes it clear who it's for. You just run the tool and click Apply Fix. The tool takes of all the details (e. I wrote it due to the popularity of the fix, to help non- technical people, and to celebrate Adobe ignoring the problem for another three months even though the solution was given to them on a plate.

I hope this helps more people. Details of the registry fix are still provided below, for those who wish to make the changes by hand, but using the program is recommended for most people, especially less technical people. The preview handler fix tool: Tells you if anything needs fixing and offers to fix things if so. This does not affect what happens when you double- click PDF files; use the Open- With menu for that.). Checks that Adobe Reader's preview handler is registered under both the 3. Office 2. 01. 0 beta but not the retail version of Office 2. If you changed the association and want to go back then you'll usually have to reinstall or repair- install your alternative viewer.).

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Does not need to be installed or uninstalled and, other than the fix itself, leaves nothing behind. If you fall into the latter group then you will still need to run the preview handler fix once to clean- up some mess that Adobe's installer leaves behind. Note that, at the time of writing, Adobe's website only lets you download Adobe Reader 9. Adobe are usually too lazy/incompetent/negligent to copy the latest installer to their website even though older versions of Adobe Reader tend to have serious security flaws which are often being exploited in the wild and even though making people update right after installing often causes an unnecessary reboot. Sigh. With earlier versions of Adobe Reader, you may need to re- apply the fix if you update or re- install Adobe Reader. The fix is only needed on 6. Windows that have Adobe Reader installed.

There's no need for the fix on 3. Windows. If you're not sure what you have use Start - > Control Panel - > System and Security - > System and look at the reported system type. If you are using a pre- release version of Office 2. Newer versions of the fix should work for you as well. Note that the retail (RTM) version of Office 2. The fix tool now has a checkbox to specify whether or not you need the Office 2.

The fix requires Administrator access (UAC elevation) because it modifies values below HKEY. IE uses the full Adobe Reader, not the preview handler, and Adobe Reader has a problem with IE8 and/or Windows 7 where it opens a standalone window for PDF files even if it's configured to display PDFs in the browser. The fix won't affect that. You do not need to apply the fix to make PDF viewing work in newer versions of Directory Opus. My bundled viewer plugin has a workaround built- in. Install Git On Red Hat 6. Users on earlier versions of Opus may run into the same problem that affects IE8 and/or Windows 7.

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Update to Opus 9. Source code for the preview handler fix tool: History of the preview handler fix tool: v.

Apr/2. 01. 0): Now has a checkbox to specify extra fixes for Office 2. Office 2. 01. 0 RTM. Also updated the text to reflect that the preview handler fix should no longer be required with Adobe Reader 9. Thanks to Winfried Pohl for providing the extra step!

Dec/2. 00. 9): Initial release. If you want to apply the preview handler registry fix using group policy, see Alan Burchill's guide. Most of the information also applies to doing the fix by hand. Open Reg. Edit and go to: HKEY. Or Adobe may have changed the way they install it. Or you may be on 3. Windows. Or you may be on 6.

Windows but have run the 3. Reg. Edit. exe by mistake.

There should be an existing App. ID value, incorrectly set to . If it does exist, make the same change as before. If it doesn't exist then that's fine and you can skip this part.(This second area will exist if Adobe Reader was installed on Windows Vista. That includes Vista machines which were later upgraded to Windows 7.

I think it's due to changes in the way 3. Windows 7. If you have both values you need to change both; if you only have one you only need to change that one.)If you are using 6. Office 2. 01. 0 beta then the second area (without the Wow.

Node) must exist for the preview handler to work. Copy the registry keys/values there if it doesn't exist. Or just use the automated tool above as it will do this for you. This extra step is not required for the retail (RTM) version of Office 2. If you have/had another PDF preview handler installed, such as Fox. It or PDF- XChange, then whichever handler was installed last will usually be the one which is used.

Uninstalling preview handlers does not always put back the previous ones; instead, do a repair install or a re- install of the preview handler you wish to use so that it takes over the PDF preview handler registration. You can also do this by editing the PDF file- type in the registry. The tool above takes care of this and all the other issues so use that if you get stuck. To fix the thumbnails, I wrote a . The thumbnail bridge acts as a translator between the 3. Adobe Reader to do that. Windows XP- x. 64 users: Sorry, but the thumbnail fix requires Windows Vista or above.

See the Thanks section.. History of the thumbnail fix: v. Apr/2. 01. 1): (Public release 0.