Windows 10: Viewing HEIC photos

Looking for some tech advice. Long story short, I was forced to factory reset my iPhone, however the most recent backup was corrupted. I was able to salvage my photos through a 3rd party app. All 9000 or so photos are on a folder on my desktop. I downloaded an extension (the one recommended and made by microsoft) for the photos app on windows 10 that allowed me to view HEIC photos. However only about 50 or so photos are able to be viewed. Is there any way view the additional photos or convert the photos into a format that’s viewable in windows platform? Other solutions I would work with are being able to reupload the photos to my iPhone somehow so that it can be viewed from there. I also tried to upload the photos to google photos, however it doesn’t help with viewing the photos even if I try from my phone.

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How to view Apple's .HEIC pictures

Tried resetting (twice). It did not work.

I also tried uninstalling (so that I could reinstall). But that doesn't work.

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saple1.heic did not work either.




I'm trying to avoid installing Irfan or the other suggestions. I may end up liking that. But I don't need any high end image applications and I don't want too much clutter. As it stands, systems nowadays already have multiple applications which try to vie for each file type and I want to stick to one or the other, preferably the defaults. But it looks like I may have to do so.

 

How to view Apple's .HEIC pictures

It should work, it does for me. Try Fabler2's suggestion in post #6 and reset the app.

Reset App in Windows 10






You could also see if you can open known good sample .heic pictures, like the sample1.heic seen above that I got from here:

Sample HEIC Files Download - Get Examples Instantly

 

HEIC file viewing

Hi suedama,

My name is Douglas and I am an Independent Advisor. I would like to help you. Let's try to install the following extension, please:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/heif-image-ex...

"To open the HEIC image, go to the Windows store link to get the HEIF extension here.

View HEIC & HEVC files on Windows 10 Photos app

Click on the Install button to install the HEIF codec.

It is important to note that, users would be needed to install both HEIF extension as well as HEVC extension to view images and play videos, as, HEIF files with HEIC file extension are compressed using HEVC format. It is mandatory to install both the extension
and installing a HEIC file extension alone without HEVC extension would fail to view .HEIC files images"

More details here:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/view-heic-hevc-f...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Let me know, please. kinds Regards