Preview Pane Grayed Out - Windows 10 Enterprise

Question

_{Monday, December 18, 2017 7:14 PM}

Windows File Explorer option for Preview Pane is greyed out....I've tried everything....HELP?

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_{Tuesday, December 19, 2017 6:55 AM}

Hi，

I notice that the issue is related to the Preview Pane feature in Windows 10. This forum focuses on general discussion for Office 2016. 

To better resolve the issue, I would move the thread to Windows 10 forum for more help. Thanks for your understanding.

Regards,

Winnie Liang

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_{Wednesday, December 20, 2017 2:12 AM | 1 vote}

Hi,

Check if you set this registry entry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

NoReadingPane DWORD value 1.

If it existed, just delete the "NoReadingPane" entry.

Meanwhile, check if you enable this group policy:

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer\ Explorer Frame Pane

Find the "Turn off Preview Pane" in the right pane, make sure it's "Not Configured".

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_{Monday, December 25, 2017 8:11 AM}

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_{Thursday, January 4, 2018 7:55 AM}

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_{Friday, April 3, 2020 10:56 AM}

This post is super helpful!
For some damn reason, I keep losing thumbnails and Details and Preview panes. I had to keep restoring my system EVERY DAY!

Any idea as to why NoThumbnails, NoReadingPane, and NoPreviewPane registry entries keep on being created in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer?