Windows File Explorer will not preview docx files

This allows me to see a preview of word doc files in File Explorer except when I reboot the previews no longer work again.

Problem: File Explorer will not the preview of a Word document in the preview pane. It returns the error: Word could not create the work file.

1) Click Search, 2) Type folder options and press enter 3) Select the View tab. 4) Under the Files and Folders tree or Advanced heading, check the checkbox ...

The preview pane in File Explorer (Windows 10) doesn't work for Word documents. It works for everything else, as far as I can see, but not for Word.

Turns out: downloaded files by default are un-editable due to the Protected View settings in the MS Office Trust Center.

I'm running Office 360 on Windows 10 with all current updates. File Explorer will preview most files, but will not preview Word files, .docx.

We use the preview pane in windows explorer to quickly browse through a folder containing word documents so that we can get a summary of the ...

Use windows explorer, after setting advanced preference to search file content, then do a search and leverage preview mode, using the view menu.

First click on Start button, go to Program then click on Microsoft Word to run the word application. 2. Now go to File menu and click on the Open option to open ...

Where is the setting to prevent previewing. Click to expand... In MS Word: File -> Options -> General -> Enable Live Preview.