If you use Outlook in Windows 7 64-bit edition, you may be getting “PDF Preview Handler for Vista” error message when trying to preview PDF attachment right from Outlook. You are still able to open the PDF file by double-clicking it but you just can’t preview it.
If that’s the case, try this:
1. Start Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{DC6EFB56-9CFA-464D-8880-44885D7DC193}
3. Change the AppID to {534A1E02-D58F-44f0-B58B-36CBED287C7C}
The change takes effect immediately but you might need to close your Outlook and re-open it to make it work.
So what is this {534A1E02-D58F-44f0-B58B-36CBED287C7C} referring to?
It’s the CLSID for 32-bit Preview Handler Surrogate Host that points to
%systemroot%\SysWOW64\prevhost.exe
Another words, it’s a preview handler host used in 64-bit edition to emulate the same function on 32-bit.
Hopefully, it works for you.
For Adobe Reader or the Foxit reader? I'm using the Foxit Reader, and although the preview handler worked in Vista x64, it doesn't cooperate with Windows 7 x64.
I don't have Foxit reader on my computer to test it out but presumably, you can modify the registry to point to the foxit reader preview handler dll.
Or, maybe you can just copy over the dll from other computer that has adobe reader installed.
Cheers.
it works just fine.
thank you
Thank you, this fixed it for me!
Complex for most people.
I suggest PDF Preview for Windows 7, it’s totally free,
http://www.win7pdf.com/pdf-preview.html
Thanks. win7pdf looks pretty neat.
IT WORKED LIKE MAGIC THANKS.
I already have this registry setting. but still can preview or open pdfs in outlook. I have to save file to disk for security reasons, but security is already setup to allow files to be opened.