You don't need this exploit. You could use a media player that doesn't need MS codec packs, but assuming this is not an option:

1. Go to https://store.rg-adguard.net.

2. Paste in https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n4wgh0z6vhq.

3. Change ring to "Retail".

4. Download the file with an "appxbundle" extension.

5. Install it (might need to enable developer mode for this step; don't remember).

The links to download the official microsoft signed HEVC installers can actually also be found at massgrave.dev[0] It truly is an awesome resource.

0: https://massgrave.dev/unsupported_products_activation#hevc-v...

Awesome

You don't need to pay. You just need the direct link

ms-windows-store://pdp?productId=9N4WGH0Z6VHQ

ms-windows-store://pdp?productId=9PMMSR1CGPWG

ms-windows-store://pdp?productid=9MVZQVXJBQ9V

ms-windows-store://pdp?productid=9N4D0MSMP0PT

ms-windows-store://pdp?productid=9N95Q1ZZPMH4

How do you get the direct link?

I got them from reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/j58y6f/no_longer...

There are many articles with this workaround. Funny how it still works, almost 4 years later. This is not an accident, MS knows what it's doing.

Why would you need it? HEVC codec ships with the driver package from your GPU vendor.

This hasn't been my experience. Nvidia + Intel GPU drivers are installed but I still can't play HEVC with the default windows media player. MPC Black works fine though, and probably VLC too.

This is my experience also. VLC does work as it has its own HEVC

Why didn’t that work for me? I have an nvidia gpu