In the 'Open' box, type: services.msc & click OK. Press Windows + R keys to open the run command box.Ģ. * Note: If you have installed a third party security program on your system that contains Firewall services, then enable the firewall service on your security program.ġ. To fix the 'Outlook Previewer Cannot Preview Files' issue, first check if the Windows Firewall is enabled on your system. Cannot Preview or Open Word or Excel e-Mail Attachments in Office 2013, 206, 2019 or 365 Open the file with the Text Recovery converter' How to fix. Make sure there is sufficient memory and disk space. Try these suggestions:Ĭheck the file permissions for the document or drive. 'Word experienced an error trying to open the file. To open this file in its own program, double-click it' 'This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer' Microsoft Word previewer. In this tutorial you 'll find instructions to fix the following errors when you try to preview or to open a Word or Excel e-Mail attachment:

If you cannot preview a Word or an Excel attachment in Outlook with error: 'This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer…', or if you cannot open a Word attachment with error ' Word experienced an error trying to open the file', then continue reading below.