Works for 7 & older, 8 & 10 not mentioned, I don't have either so I can't test. I had searched back then but found no program, but I just searched again and found a completely free prog caleld PDF Preview to let you see PDF thumbnails in Windows Explorer. I also do not want to go through the tricks to get them back. I prefer not to use older versions of apps like this so I've been without them since then. This has bothered me as well since the day it went live. It was present in Acrobat 11 Pro, you can remove Acrobat DC & install Acrobat 11 Pro if need that functionality. We would like to inform you that functionality for viewing Preview in thumbnails is no more available in new Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. We are responding in reference to your case no. 'is no more available' isn't even English. 'We would like to inform you that functionality for viewing Preview in thumbnails is no more available in new Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.' R, committed team member from Adobe Australia, I have had enough of support responses that say Can this please be responded to by a senio Your software is all based around visual design, now you are moving a LONG WAY BACKWARDS. Do you know of the concept of people thinking visually? How do you expect people to find a PDF file, when you may have 100 files in a folder that are numbered, not labeled (such as plan Going backwards to 11 Pro is a disappointing suggestion. You can also visit as it’s a useful resource for self-help. You can also visit to for any assistance regarding Adobe It is not a problem and you can just enjoy this amazing new look of your PDF icons.įor further help please call us at 1800-614-863 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm) PDF files that were createĭ using Acrobat XI represent the same icon as it used to be earlier. The new icon for PDFs created by using Acrobat DC seems to appear like this only (as a generic PDF icon). We know there are users who vĪlue it but certain design considerations forced us to make this change. We had to remove the thumbnail preview functionality from Acrobat and Reader DC for technical reasons. Thank you for contacting Adobe Technical Support. This is laughable, have a read of this from Adobe Help Desk (top is newest, scroll to bottom first):

Foxit reader thumbnail preview disable