Outlook 2007: Turn Off Attachment Preview

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon March 28, 2007  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Outlook

Outlook 2007 has a new feature that allows you to preview attachments and documents if the handler is available for that filetype. However, some users do not use (or like) this functionality. To turn off Attachment Preview, follow these steps:


1. Click Tools and select Trust Center.

2. In the left pane, select Attachment Handling.

3. In the right pane, under Attachment and Document Preview, uncheck the Turn off Attachment Preview checkbox. If you only want to disable Attachment Preview for certain types of files, leave the checkbox checked and click the Attachemnt and Document Previewers button. From the File Previewing Options window, uncheck the previewers that you do not want to use.

4. Click OK to close the window(s).

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  • Allan
    Does this really work? I turned off previewer but it still previews the freaking attachment
  • Wazza
    Close: you mean "check" the Turn off Attachment Preview checkbox, not "uncheck"
  • al gore
    yes this works. Thanks as this half ass feature is annoying as heck.
  • SVR
    Many thanks for this tip....I was getting very irritated with it!
  • Karen Holt
    Brilliant! Worked a treat! Thanks for removing the mystery of Outlook 2007!
  • Michi
    do you know a registry key for this?
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