The PDF Shell component in Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC allows you to see the thumbnails of PDF documents in Windows explorer, on both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows. By default, this feature is OFF. You can enable it using a specific setting available in the preferences. Note:
For Acrobat XI and Reader XI, the thumbnails of PDFs are automatically shown in Windows Explorer on Windows 32-bit systems. However, the same is not supported on Windows 64-bit systems.
Steps
Note:
If you don't see the Enable PDF thumbnail previews in Windows Explorer checkbox, update your Acrobat DC or Acrobat Reader DC to the latest version. To automatically update from the product, choose Help > Check for updates and then follow the steps in the Updater window to download and install the latest updates.
In Acrobat Reader DC, you see a prompt asking for the feature to be added to the current installation. Click Yes to confirm.
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/acrobat/using/enable-pdf-thumbnail-preview-windows-explorer.html
SOURCE: WE are missing the PDF Handler for Vista
This is a know problem with Adobe. Check for Adobe Updates and download and install them. If that does not solve the problem then you can install Foxit PDF Preview viewer which is free. http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/05/09/foxit-pdf-preview-handler.aspx
SOURCE: pdf preview handler error when trying to open,
Microsoft Office does not support PDF files by itself. This has to be an issue with the program that you are using to view PDF files.
My suggestion would be to do download FoxIt PDF Reader from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/reader/ and try that, it's what I use, and it's FAR more secure than Adobe's PDF Reader.
They also have a pro version, which is much less expensive than Adobe PDF.
Hope this helps!
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