From: Boris@invalid.invalid   
      
   Paul  wrote in news:10iehv6$e05b$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > On Mon, 12/22/2025 8:34 PM, Boris wrote:   
   >> I run Windows Live Mail 2012 on many new and old machines.   
   >>   
   >> An XP SP3 desktop   
   >> Two Windows 7 Home laptops   
   >> Two Windows 10 desktops   
   >> Two Windows 10 laptops   
   >> A Windows 11 desktop, and   
   >> A Windows 11 laptop   
   >>   
   >> I do not have a Microsoft account.   
   >>   
   >> WLM previews any attachment (jpg, pdf, mp3, etc.) that is attached to   
   >> an email, by simply highlighting (selecting) the email.  That is, if I   
   >> highlight the email, the jpg for instance, will show a thumbnail of the   
   >> jpg.  If a pdf is attached, I'll see a pdf icon and the name of the pd.   
   >>  I don't have to open the email to see the contents of any attachment.   
   >>   
   >> Lately, on only one of the Windows 10 laptops, attachments are not   
   >> being previewed when the email is selected. I have to open the email to   
   >> preview the attachment.   
   >>   
   >> https://postimg.cc/gallery/kM0656H   
   >>   
   >> I don't know when this began happenning, but it may have been after a   
   >> November or December update.  There's three updates during that span.   
   >> I'm willing to uninstall an update to see if that is the cause, but   
   >> before I try that, I wanted to ask here for any thoughts.   
   >>   
   >> So far, I've done a repair of Windows Live Essentials with no luck.   
   >> I've done a System Restore with no luck.  I've also searched and   
   >> followed instructions that seemed useful, but still no luck.  As far as   
   >> I can see, this machine is configured the same as those that are   
   >> working 'correctly'.   
   >>   
   >> Anyone still running WLM with any ideas?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I've managed to install, but not reproduce the problem.   
   >   
   > My attachment is previewed in the main email pane, and   
   > the attachment is previewed when the mail is open its own window.   
   > The third bit, is an HTML with inline picture which produces   
   > the magnified-face part of it.   
   >   
   >    [Picture]   WLM2012-Win10-22H2-PreviewAttachment.gif   
   >   
   >     https://imgur.com/a/SNOegTo   
   >   
   > It all seems to be working. System doesn't have any more WU to do that   
   > I know of.   
   >   
   >    Paul   
      
   Thanks for going through all that trouble.  As I replied to VanguardLH, I   
   missed a simple setting that he reminded me needed to be enabled.   
      
   Sorry for the wild goose chase.   
      
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