Troubleshooting Preview Pane Issues for PDF, Excel, and Word Files in Windows 11
Learn how to resolve issues with the File Explorer preview pane not displaying previews for PDF, Excel, and Word documents in Windows 11, including using PowerShell commands to unblock files.
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How to fix File Explorer preview pane not working for pdf, Excel, Word in Windows 11.
unblock-file -Path "D:\Download\*.pdf"
unblock-file -Path "D:\Download\*.xlsx"
unblock-file -Path "D:\Download\*.docx"
unblock-file -Path "D:\Download\*.pptx"
wusa /uninstall /kb:5066835
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/file-explorer-automatically-disables-the-preview-feature-for-files-downloaded-from-the-internet-56d55920-6187-4aae-a4f6-102454ef61fb
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