HEIC Previews aren't working

[thill2@msn.com]

In photo directory preview mode .HEIC photos won't preview or preview in the Floating Preview popup. I tried several of the other post recommendations and none work...what's the fix?

[highend]

Windows Explorer shows the preview? If yes, show a screenshot of the WE window...

[thill2@msn.com]

No... and this is a Windows 11 Pro machine with latest version of XYplorer

[highend]

In that case: Without an installed preview handler that works in WE you won't get a preview in XY either

[Horst]

No... and this is a Windows 11 Pro machine with latest version of XYplorer

Windows Store Extensions: Microsoft has an official extension for HEIC support.

Open the Microsoft Store app on your computer.
Search for "HEIF Image Extensions" and install it.

[WirlyWirly]

Might also try Icaros, which uses ffmpeg to generate thumbnails. Can even be run portably with admin rights.

https://www.videohelp.com/software/Icaros