Windows 10: OneDrive GIFs No Longer Work

Using OneDrive through a browser, GIFs have not worked for the last year. Previously I was able to view a folder, and all GIFs in the folder would auto-play. Now GIFs in folders, as well as ones added to Albums, no longer auto-play nor do they play at all. No image even displays for it in the album, and when clicking on GIFs it loads the first image of it for a second then goes to a broken image and says "this file doesn't have a preview we can show you". Is there any way to make GIFs work in OneDrive online? I've tried different browsers, different GIFs, etc. None of it works.

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With the latest Windows update ".gif" files are no longer animated

Well, to be able to view all your animated gifs, I suggest you set the default for opening them to Internet Explorer.

Right-click on a .gif file. Select 'Open with > Choose another app'. tick the 'always use this app to open .gif files' box, select Internet Explorer from the list, then click OK.

 

slow decoding of GIF images

Hello again, Adi,

Thank you for performing the troubleshooting steps. I have done research on this and animated GIF support is still fairly new and also somewhat demanding on phones.

You said this was tested on imgur.com, but are there any other websites you are able to load GIFs from and have them work fine? It may be issues with that one website and it is worth a shot to try out others if you do have the time.

Animated GIFs are fully supported, but they do require resources that some phones may not be able to handle while multi-tasking. I tried out a GIF, an animated one, on a DELL Venue Pro. It skipped occasionally and was a small GIF. It did not, however,
come to an empty page.

If you search
GIF on the suggestions page for Windows Phone 7, many results come up. I recommending adding your votes to the list, even to just improve GIF support.

Best regards,

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.