{"id":170946,"date":"2023-06-05T07:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-how-do-i-get-the-preview-to-appear-in-preview-window\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:29:44","slug":"ansys-spaceclaim-how-do-i-get-the-preview-to-appear-in-preview-window","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-spaceclaim-how-do-i-get-the-preview-to-appear-in-preview-window\/","title":{"rendered":"ANSYS SpaceClaim: How do I get the preview to appear in preview window?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This issue is related to the file previewhandler.dll.   It comes in every SpaceClaim installation, but Windows only holds 1 entry in the registry for this file at a time.  The common cause of the problem is the following:  1. User has SpaceClaim currently installed (SC 2016.2 for example). The preview works fine  2. User installs SC 2017. 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