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No longer free: Windows 10 HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer

HEVC Video Extensions & HEIF Image Extensions are required to open Apple iPhone pictures (.heic) on your Windows 10 Computer.

These extensions used to be free, but the HEVC Video Extensions recently received a pricetag of €0.99.

There is a way to get it for free through the Microsoft Store by following one of these next steps.

Copy/paste this link into the browser:

ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq

Or, open command prompt, and type/paste:
start ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq

Click "Install".

Posted

January 21, 2021

Dries Willems

Tags:

heic, heif, hevc

Comments

4 responses to “No longer free: Windows 10 HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer”

Daniel M

April 19, 2022

Works for me, thanks a lot! But be careful, make sure to install “Photos” before installing this extension, otherwise, you may not able to use it.

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john K

March 11, 2022

03/11/2022 worked for me. Required me to log into my ms account.

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Rafik

November 14, 2021

Thanks Man.

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andre

August 6, 2021

thank you for that tip, a life saver 😀

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