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Microsoft veteran explains Windows quirk that made videos play in Paint (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by geekwithsoul@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I swear Windows was - and still is - basically three OSes in a trench coat. It's less a cohesive operating system and more just a collection of weird quirks.

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[–] 01189998819991197253 4 points 2 weeks ago

I had that, and had NO IDEA why it was doing that! I was just thankful I found that workaround. Named the file magicvideo.bmp lol