Comments on: Free Download: Vista and Office 2007 Preview Handler Pack to Support More File Types

By: Amirz

Amirz — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:35:35 +0000

Hello, based on my personal experience (I have tried it successfully) you can get more previews by integrating Vista Preview Pane with QuickView Plus (as IE plug in). (www.avantstar.com).
unfortunately it’s a shareware with 30 days trial. But there’s always another “way”.
The vendor tells about it still doesnt fully support Vista, but the IE plug in will still be installed as well.
It supports more than 400 file types included most of known documents, images, and even apps binaries. So superior in my opinion. No need to create specific preview handler any more. same thing due to other IE viewer activex plug ins.
1. Download and install QuickView Plus. Launch it, Configure your custom file for IE plug in by clicking View – Confifugure QuickView Plus – Applications – Internet Explorer (IE plug in). then add your custom files (e.g. .dwg, .psd, .dll etc with their correct content type (MIME)
2. Download MSDN Preview Handler. Install it.
3. Download Preview Handler Editor or Preview Handler Configure. Open it then Look for “MSDN Internet Explorer Preview Handler”. select and add your custom files
4. Activate Vista /Outlook preview pane. Select your file. the preview appears perfectly now.
That’s it. Hopefully works. To me, it always works so far.
Thanx and regards-Amirz

By: ola

ola — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:35:37 +0000

hi i read your article and i liked what you talked about but unfortunately i cant preview my word files in windows vista and i dont know why. van you help me on this please

By: Luc

Luc — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:43:23 +0000

Maybe I miss something, I’m not able to preview Zip file. configuration issue?
Thx

By: Reset "Always Warn Before Previewing This Type of File" Setting in Outlook 2007 » My Digital Life

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By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:37:51 +0000

I get an error using the XML previewer.

unfortunately i get nothing more useful than that! i’m usding it in outlook 2007 on xpp

By: Quartz

Quartz — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:21:09 +0000

Check Photoshop files(PSD) Preview Handler for Windows Vista here

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/PhotoshopPreviewHandler.asp

By: RayN

RayN — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:49:19 +0000

Sorry … I didn’t search for the answer myself. I found the ‘answer’ here … http://blogs.msdn.com/toub/archive/2006/12/18/unauthorizedaccessviolation-in-pdf-preview-handler.aspx

I ended up installing v8.0 of the Reader and everything is fine.

By: RayN

RayN — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:26:24 +0000

Can anyone help? I have installed the preview handler packs above, but receive the following error whn previewing PDF files:-
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Unable to get the window handle for the ‘PdfAxHost’ control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported. —> System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IOleObject.DoVerb(Int32 iVerb, IntPtr lpmsg, IOleClientSite pActiveSite, Int32 lindex, IntPtr hwndParent, COMRECT lprcPosRect)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.DoVerb(Int32 verb)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.InPlaceActivate()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.InPlaceActivate()
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.TransitionUpTo(Int32 state)
at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateHandle()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Handle()
at MsdnMag.PdfPreviewHandler.PdfAxHost.LoadFile(String fileName)
at MsdnMag.PdfPreviewHandler.PdfPreviewHandlerControl.Load(FileInfo file)
at MsdnMag.FileBasedPreviewHandler.Load(PreviewHandlerControl c)
at MsdnMag.PreviewHandler.b__2()

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By: tanan

tanan — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:16:14 +0000

ok tnx a lot.the IE7 and WMP 11 works just smoothly.at first a found it difficult to download the file.but after 1.30 hours i finally got it.to those whom havent downloaded the IE7 and WMP 11 i suggest you to download both the windows release and the other. and after you downloaded them just extract with your winzip and save them in a new folder.and go to the microsoft website and download them.

dont forget to download both of them and save them in a new folder.and many tnx to the admin(s)

and i would like to ask something from the admin.is it possible for us, users to download the new windows vista by its original version from this site? like we use the WindowsXp Sp2?and if we do, could you tell us how?

By: Preview C#, Visual Basic, and C++ Source Code files Direct in Attachments Without Opening » My Digital Life

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:49:39 +0000

[...] If you’re the developers or programmers, you can have the ability to able to fast preview the contents or the source code contained inside a source code file, without having to open up the file in resource hungry default viewer Visual Studio to view it, especially if you receive the source code file attachment in email. In Windows Vista and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, the built-in preview feature or previewers is able to render and show the contents for most common file types, and it’s also possible to extend the preview capability to unsupported file types with custom preview handlers add-ins. However, if you just want to be able to preview C#, Visual Basic, and C++ code files (with .cs, .vb, .cpp, and .h extensions), here is a simple trick to enable the preview handlers for these source files without any installation. By default, Windows Vista and Office 2007 comes with Microsoft Windows TXT Preview Handler, which is the preview handler that renders .txt text files. However, this Windows TXT Preview Handler can handle more file types than it’s actually registered to support by default, as nothing in this preview handler that restricts it to working with just a text file with .txt extension, and prevents it to working from text files with other extensions. [...]

By: gabriel

gabriel — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:28:11 +0000

Great stuff. Thanks for the tip!