Jpeg files being converted to Jfif files (1 Viewer)

[Jessie C]

Microsoft apparently did another unwanted update- I wonder if anyone else is having this issue.

I tried to upload a .jpg photo to downloads and it automatically changed the file name to .jfif. Accoring to the web, these .jfif files should automatically display as .jpg files, but in my case it didn't work.

I had to go into windows registry editor's HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, find the .jfif extension and delete it. It worked, but not the way the guru's said it should work. The experts said to change to name of the extension to .jpg, but when I tried that, I got a notice that it couldn't be changed. So I deleted it after making sure I had a .jpg extension.

I see Geek Squad in my future....

 

[The Mark]

jfif is apparently JPEG File Interchange Format.

JPEG File Interchange Format - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But I read that and still don't know what it's talking about, not really.

 

[HIP56948]

I usually open jfif and webp files in paint and then save as jpegs. (in order to post the crap I put on this forum)
I also have Photoshop and wondershare stuff but Paint is faster for little stuff..

 

[Jessie C]

I usually open jfif and webp files in paint and then save as jpegs. (in order to post the crap I put on this forum)
I also have Photoshop and wondershare stuff but Paint is faster for little stuff..

OK, that was another option to correct this-but from my understanding you couldn't batch all downloads to make them .jpg.

 

[bomberfox]

Microsoft apparently did another unwanted update- I wonder if anyone else is having this issue.

I tried to upload a .jpg photo to downloads and it automatically changed the file name to .jfif. Accoring to the web, these .jfif files should automatically display as .jpg files, but in my case it didn't work.

I had to go into windows registry editor's HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, find the .jfif extension and delete it. It worked, but not the way the guru's said it should work. The experts said to change to name of the extension to .jpg, but when I tried that, I got a notice that it couldn't be changed. So I deleted it after making sure I had a .jpg extension.

I see Geek Squad in my future....

Microsoft is known for doing a whole bunch of dumb shit nobody asked for.

 

[Jessie C]

jfif is apparently JPEG File Interchange Format.

JPEG File Interchange Format - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But I read that and still don't know what it's talking about, not really.

well, it doesn't display as jpg. It comes up an unformatted source.