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I cannot see thumbnails of PDF files on Windows 7 64-bit. Is there any solution to this problem?

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  1. Open Adobe Reader.
  2. Choose File > Open, and browse to the folder containing your PDFs.
  3. Switch the file view to show icons. This causes Adobe Reader to load (and cache) thumbnails for the files in this folder. If necessary, scroll up and down to make sure all the thumbnails have loaded.
  4. Click Cancel, and close Adobe Reader.
  5. Refresh that folder in Windows Explorer, and bask in the sweet thumbnaily goodness.

Annoying if you have a lot of folders, but effective :)

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This is much more simpler solution – Myra Oct 31 '11 at 7:21
it is working,thanks – imanabidi Jan 5 '12 at 14:21
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A lot of people have coped with this problem . But here is a solution for it http://my.opera.com/andreabianco/blog/2009/02/20/pdf-thumbnails-in-vista-64-bit

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1 download PDF XChange Viewer 2 install it and its shell extensions too 3 make it your default pdf viewer 4 restart your pc – endolith Aug 6 '10 at 13:53
You have to go into Disk Cleanup first and delete the existing thumbnails. – endolith Aug 6 '10 at 14:36
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This happens because Adobe haven't made available a 64-bit version of their ifilter, which Windows 7 needs to index pdf's and make thumbnails. However, Foxit PDF viewer has a 64-bit ifilter, but I'm unsure if it will also make thumbnails.

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labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/PDF_iFilter_8_-_64-bit_Support this links contains adobe's 64-bit ifilter. I am installing now, I will write the result soon. Thanks for your answer. – mrok Oct 7 '09 at 18:37
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it doesn't work :( – mrok Oct 7 '09 at 18:48
It's still in beta isn't it? The Foxit pdf ifilter has received some recognition as it's apparently being used in Microsoft's own hosted services! Look here for the free (desktop) download: foxitsoftware.com/pdf/ifilter I'm installing that now, will let you know how it goes.. – Thomas Paulsen Oct 8 '09 at 7:48
I installed this Foxit PDF IFilter in Windows 7 x64 and it still does not generate thumbnails for PDFs in Windows Explorer. – cowgod Jan 12 '10 at 6:08
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The PDF XCHANGE works perfectly - http://www.docu-track.com/download/PDFXVwer.zip

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It produces thumbnails in Windows Explorer? – endolith Aug 6 '10 at 13:50
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You can also fix it with a simple registry hack (or dl a small app that does it for you). thanks to HowToGeek.

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This does not work. – endolith Aug 6 '10 at 13:52
Sorry to hear that. It worked fine for me, and apparently some other people, according to the site... – Noam Gal Sep 7 '10 at 5:13
This has worked for me several times. – colmob Oct 29 '12 at 4:15
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According to this knowledgebase article, another option is to run a copy of windows explorer in 32-bit mode. Then Adobe's 32-bit previewer will kick in.

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