• Adobe Pdf Preview Handler Error Outlook 2013

Note:When you are using Outlook 2013 on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 or newer, Outlook has native support for previewing pdf-files. Opening pdf-files via a double click will open it in the Reader app and can even be edited in Word 2013.

Preview an attachment. File attachments can be viewed in the Reading Pane or in the body of an email message without opening another program. The attachment previewer feature in Outlook only works if you have the same version of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint installed as the version of Outlook being used to preview the attachment.

Installing Adobe Reader has therefor become optional. Search inside PDF-filesWhen you are using Windows 7 or previous and want to be able to search inside PDF-attachments in Outlook and Windows, you must install an iFilter for pdf-files. When you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, this is automatically installed when you install the latest version of Adobe Reader.For a 64-bit version of Windows you’ll need an additional installer which you can download below.Download:Download: (pdf). Note:Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and later provide native support for indexing pdf-files. This applies to both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions and is done via the Reader Search Handler. Installing the Adobe PDF iFilter is therefor optional. PDF iFilter for Exchange, SharePoint and SQLThe 64-bit PDF iFilter also enables searching inside pdf-files in server products such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and 2010, and Microsoft SQL Server.Microsoft Exchange 2013 and SharePoint 2013 include their own PDF iFilter.

If you want, you can force it to use the Adobe PDF iFilter in the following way:.

If you are getting ‘This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer: PDF Preview Handler’ when selecting a PDF in Outlook, and you have Acrobat DC installedthen one potential fix is as follows:. Open ‘ Adobe Acrobat Reader DC‘. Navigate to ‘Edit’ ‘Preferences’. Scroll down to ‘Security (Enhanced)’.

Adobe Pdf Preview Handler Error Outlook 2013

Un-check the ‘Enable Enhanced Security’. Click OK. Just to ensure everything is covered and if you have installed the Pro version, perform the same steps for ‘Adobe Acrobat DC’ too. Things should work straight away. If not, then try restarting Outlook.

If you still no luck, then try a full restart or it could possibly be a 32/64-bit issue and you may want to try this fix.