Disabling Animations in Explorer Preview for PowerPoint Files

Disabling Animations in Explorer Preview for PowerPoint Files

When using the Windows Explorer quick preview pane (View → Preview pane) to view Office files, you may have noticed that PowerPoint presentations play animations with every slide change. While this feature can be useful for showcasing presentations, it can be disruptive when quickly browsing through files. This article will cover how to disable animations in the Explorer preview for PowerPoint files.

Key Concepts

• Windows Explorer preview pane
• PowerPoint file animations
• Disabling animations in the preview pane

Disabling Animations in the Preview Pane

To disable animations in the Explorer preview pane for PowerPoint files, follow the steps below:

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Navigate to the folder containing the PowerPoint files you want to preview.
3. Click on the View tab in the ribbon.
4. Check the Preview pane option to enable it.
5. In the preview pane, select a PowerPoint file to preview.
6. With the PowerPoint file selected, click on the File tab in the ribbon.
7. Uncheck the Animations option to disable animations for the preview pane.

Code Block

// C# code to disable animations in the preview pane for PowerPoint files

using Microsoft.Office.Core;
using PowerPoint = Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint;

// ...

PowerPoint.Application pptApp = new PowerPoint.Application();
PowerPoint.Presentation pptPres = pptApp.Presentations.Open("path/to/presentation.pptx");

// Disable animations
pptPres.SlideShowSettings.Run.AnimationSettings.Enable = MsoTriState.msoFalse;

Disabling animations in the Explorer preview pane for PowerPoint files can help improve productivity by reducing distractions. The steps provided in this article cover how to disable animations in the preview pane for PowerPoint files.

References

• Microsoft Developer Network. (2021). PowerPoint Object Model Reference. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/powerpoint.presentation.slideshowsettings
• Microsoft Support. (2019). How to turn off slide transitions in PowerPoint. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-turn-off-slide-transitions-in-powerpoint-d58538f5-9c76-42e7-8211-c3a458366842
• Stack Overflow. (2021). How to disable animations in PowerPoint using C#? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25677869/how-to-disable-animations-in-powerpoint-using-c-sharp