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DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

aliu — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:16:57 GMT

Help please.

I lost the DWG file preview in windows explorer after I installed the eDrawings viewer

Autocad 2019 installed,

I tried to uninstall eDrawings, it did not help to recover the preview.

The preview was good before the eDrawings installed.

Thank you in advance.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

imadHabash — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:32:59 GMT

Hi,

I suggest to make sure Windows is set to display thumbnails . Folder options >> View tab .

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

aliu — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:33:33 GMT

Thank you for the reminder.

Yes, the Preview Pane is ON.

The PDF file has a preview in Preview Pane.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

aliu — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:36:20 GMT

my current setting

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

JTBWorld — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:57:53 GMT

There is probably a registry hack for this but other than that repair AutoCAD should fix it.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

aliu — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:29:42 GMT

Thanks.

This happened only after I installed eDrawings.

I would not like to uninstall / reinstall Autocad because there are lots of customized settings and addins.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

JTBWorld — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:36:56 GMT

A repair of AutoCAD should not affect your custom settings.

Otherwise this might help: DWG file type associativity in Windows.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

beyoungjr — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:38:24 GMT

Make sure that edrawings is not set as the default program for any of the ACAD file types (dwg, dxf, etc...) .

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

aliu — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:25:00 GMT

Thanks.

How to check this :

"Make sure that edrawings is not set as the default program for any of the ACAD file types (dwg, dxf, etc...) ."

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

pendean — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:30:52 GMT

@Anonymous look at the link in reply #7 above, that was already shared with you from @JTBWorld

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

beyoungjr — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:33:41 GMT

You can find Windows 10 default program settings by getting into settings-> default apps.

You can also right click a drawing file itself and select "open with", then make sure to fill in the check box for "always us this program" and choose AutoCAD to open that drawing. The Windows default will be set immediately and you may see icons refresh. This might restroe the image preview for ya.

Blaine

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

aliu — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 20:52:19 GMT

I have tried all above suggestions, including run Autocad 2019 repair. But NO luck so far. Still NO preview for dwg files.

Any other ways to suggest?

Thanks.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

pendean — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:37:31 GMT

Read this https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/DWG-thumbnail-preview-images-don-t-display-in-Windows-Explorer.html

If everything there does not help, but opening them SAVING a few DWG files fixes only those files previews, then your system is hosed with that 3rd party app. You'll have to start over with using QSAVE on each file moving forward.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

j.hunterhilts — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 03:22:57 GMT

Anyone have a definitive solution? I have exhausted every suggested fix here and still no DWG preview. I am not getting a "No Preview Available", just a blank preview window.

Re: DWG file No Preview Available in Windows Explorer

pendean — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:46:14 GMT

@j.hunterhilts wrote:

Anyone have a definitive solution?

If this did not fix it https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/dwg-file-no-preview-available-in-windows-explorer/m-p/10212428#M1048977

Then... start a support ticket through your subscription portal as explained here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/users-software/support-options#:~:text=To%20contact%20support%3A,to%20access%20help%20and%20support.