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Correction for readme #9

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ThatRandomToast opened this issue Jan 6, 2025 · 1 comment
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Correction for readme #9

ThatRandomToast opened this issue Jan 6, 2025 · 1 comment

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@ThatRandomToast
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ThatRandomToast commented Jan 6, 2025

Windows Photo Viewer is EOL but i like it and a lot of people still use it.

Does Windows Photo Viewer have a declared EOL date? The only products with declared EOL dates are ones such as Internet Explorer (e.g. support for Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) ends in June 2022).

Besides, on a fresh install of Windows 7 you have nothing else to open images (except Paint).

The vanilla Windows 7 DOES come with Windows Photo Viewer enabled by default. Check hashes: https://files.rg-adguard.net/
Or did you mistake this with Windows 10 LTSC?

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PaaaulZ commented Jan 6, 2025

Please forgive my bad formatting but I'm on mobile.
EOL date:

Microsoft is actively trying to "hide it" in favour of the Photos app but I think you are right, it does not have an official EOL date. If I remeber correctly in newer versions of Windows 10 and 11 even if it's present you can't even use it as a default app without registry hacks, I'm also pretty sure it never gets updated by Microsoft. On my machine it's been patched for years and Windows Update never touched it.

Second quote:

I think the README is just poorly worded. By "you have nothing else to open images" I meant "you only have Photo Viewer and Paint and since Photo Viewer has this bug it's like you only have Paint".

Do you have any suggestions to better word the README, I think it's needed. If you have ideas please submit a PR and I'll make sure to merge it

Thank you

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