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Does Windows already display WebP files in File Explorer? :-|

Windows 10's support isn't out of the box. You need to install an explorer extension, and even then it's a bit shaky.

I personally avoid webp because of the tooling/compatibility issues.

Windows 10 support went EOL one year ago. It is an archaic operating system, so no doubt, it does not support modern technology out-of-the-box. Nevertheless, it can be modified to add such support with trivial effort.

> It is an archaic operating system

Do you have a reliable source you can share which supports that claim?

Per Microsoft: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows...

Windows 10 is over 10 years old now

How is that "archaic"?

> Windows 10 support went EOL

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support

We must have extremely different definitions of the word "archaic".

Windows 10 support is out of the box, I explicitly checked that in one of "I hate WebP" argument

>I've opened both .webp and .avif on Windows 10 22H2 in Standard MS "Photos", "MS Paint", "Paint 3D" applications before posting the previous message.

>Just tested in older Windows 10 21H2, and yes, in this version Paint doens't open webp

It has done for some years

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