It further offers markup and annotation tools. Preview is a built-in app that is the default viewer for images and PDFs. This article explains how you can troubleshoot these problems that you may face when you start or use Preview on your Mac. This command deletes the ‘nhi’ Windows service presently installed on the system.There could be many reasons the Preview app may not work. ** Be very careful to type this command correctly ** You should receive a ‘SUCCESS’ indicator. From the Administrative Command Prompt window, enter ‘sc delete nhi’ (without the quotes) and press enter. If prompted, enter your Administrator password.ġ1. Right-click on the ‘Command Prompt’ search result and select ‘Run as Administrator’ from the context menu. Click the search button on the taskbar (looks like a ‘O’) and search for the letters ‘cmd’.ġ0. From the ‘Uninstall Device’ window that appears, click to place a check mark within the ‘Delete the driver software for this device’ option.ĩ. Right-click on the ‘Thunderbolt Controller’ entry and select ‘Uninstall device’ from the context menu that appears.Ħ. Scroll down until you find the entry for the ‘Thunderbolt Controller’.ĥ. Click on ‘View’ from the application menu bar, and click the option ‘Show hidden devices’ (this is necessary because the Thunderbolt controller will not be active if no Thunderbolt devices are connected).Ĥ. Right-click on the Windows Start button and select ‘Device Manager’.ģ. Disconnect any Thunderbolt 3 devices from the host system (this is done to prevent Windows Update from automatically loading any Thunderbolt drivers).Ģ. You will have to be logged on to the system as a User with ‘Administrator’ permissions in order to perform these stepsġ. If you do not wish to take this risk, please do not follow this procedure
Plugable will not be able to help restore any data or return a system to a working state should things not work as expected. (This problem does not occur on Apple Mac systems.)īefore proceeding with this or any other procedure that makes changes to your system, please ensure you have a full system backup of any and all important data and create a fresh System Restore Point as a precaution. This prevents proper management of Thunderbolt devices on the host system. Synopsis – If your Thunderbolt 3 driver or utility version types are mismatched within a Windows host system, you may receive an error message stating, “Application Cannot run – This Thunderbolt application is not in use anymore and can be safely uninstalled” when attempting to run the Intel Thunderbolt Software management utility or the Intel Thunderbolt Control Center utility.