Windows 10: heif image extension - windows 10 1803

I tried to download the image exension from the microsoft store for both hevc and heif. The hevc one installed, but the heif image extension says i own it, it won't let me uninstall it, but it shows an ! in the store entry, and it doesn't work.


It does not show up in the apps listing nor in the control panel programs and features... I can't view HEIC files, it gives a link to download the "codec" from the microsoft store, which doesn't work.


I have a different windows 10 machine where these work fine... it's my main production machine that is failing.


I don't know what to try next.

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Opening HEIF files and HEVC Videos on Windows 10

Very impressed with Apple being the first to adopt HEIF and HEVC on iOS 11. Only problem is, no other platform seems to support it as of now.

Even though HEVC is supported on Windows 10 out of the box, the videos don't actually plan in any app on Windows 10.

HEIF is not supported at all.

Does anyone know of any apps or programs that would let me play HEIF and iOS 11 HEVC videos on Windows? Or maybe a codec pack?

Note: I do not want to convert these images and videos while exporting to Windows; want to keep them in their native formats.

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Opening HEIF files and HEVC Videos on Windows 10

I don't think you really need to CONVERT HEIF-images since macOS and IOS automatically does that when these images are exported outside of their native OS. They convert HEIF to JPG then. What's really interesting is to see how fast the HEIF-format can
gain general native support on Windows OS and world leading graphic software such as Photoshop and Lightroom.

 

Opening HEIF files and HEVC Videos on Windows 10

Zoner Photo Studio X will be first Windows photo software to bring HEIF support:

ZPS with HEIF