the pdf preview thumbnail is generated by a dll from adobe reader
and was not a part of Vista originally...

there is a preview thing for PDF Vista and outlook 2007 by
foxit (foxit reader) see this page.. NOTE: I have not tried this!
I just know it exists and I am forwarding the information to you.

[url]http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive/2007/02/27/14001.aspx[/url]




"Brendan" <brendan@feq.com.au> wrote in message
news:uiyGfRB0HHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> For some reason the preview handler in VISTA Ultimate is not working
> properly. I can preview .doc files and graphic files (.gif, .jpg) but no
> others.
> Interestingly, when I select a .pdf file to preview in VISTA explorer,
> while there is no preview in the preview pane I can see a small preview of
> the file in the icon displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the
> window (in what I would have called the Status bar in previous versions).
> Somtimes this seems to get "stuck", but selecting, say, a folder, then
> reselecting a pdf file seems to reset the small icon preview again.
> The pdf preview doesn't work at all in Outlook 2007 - it generates an
> error saying there was an error with the pdf preview handler.
>
> Anyone have any clues on this one. Seems a LOT of people are having the
> same problem, but no solutions have appeared yet.[/color]