Windows 10: Images suddenly changed format on Windows desktop

Discus and support Images suddenly changed format on Windows desktop in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; A couple of days ago I went to upload some photos and for some reason, it wouldn't show me files in my Picture folder. I went to the folder and opened... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by CMarie42, Feb 6, 2022.

  1. CMarie42 Win User

    Images suddenly changed format on Windows desktop


    A couple of days ago I went to upload some photos and for some reason, it wouldn't show me files in my Picture folder. I went to the folder and opened it and realized that for some reason almost every single image file I had saved was now in webp format. I'm not sure when or why this happened and I wasn't sure if this had happened to anyone else recently. I've never saved files in that format and I've never had files change the format like that. I am running Windows 10 home.

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    CMarie42, Feb 6, 2022
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  2. changing the background images

    Hi,

    In order to help you better, could you please confirm a couple of things.

    • Have you made any changes on the computer prior to the issue?
    • Are you referring to desktop background image or lock screen image?

    I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the background picture and check if it helps.

    • In the search type as ‘Settings’ and click on it.
    • Select ‘Personalization’, under ‘Background’ option select as ‘Picture’.
    • Under ‘Choose your picture’ select any picture accordingly or you can browse the picture from your computer.

    You may refer to the below link and check if it helps.

    Change desktop background and colors

    Please get back to us with an update on this issue, we will be happy to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Karthicka_R, Feb 6, 2022
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  3. John Sarc Win User
    Changing Time Format

    Hi Mary,

    There's a possibility that the set up time format in your computer Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is military time. To have this checked, you can try to reset the time of your computer through Control Panel. See the steps below on how to do
    so:

    • Open Control Panel > Clock, Language, and Region >
      Change date, time, or number formats. This would open the
      Region
      window.
    • From there, click on Additional settings at the bottom part. It will open the Customize Format.
    • Click Reset; then, OK.

    The steps should work; however, if not, we suggest that you contact manufacturer and have the BIOS time checked.

    Let us know what happens after doing the suggestions .
     
    John Sarc, Feb 6, 2022
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  4. Images suddenly changed format on Windows desktop

    Help, cant create windows image

    Hello there, @fullinfusion!

    It seems like some sort of an OS confusion has happened with your secondary WD Black and I'm sorry to hear about that. *Frown Images suddenly changed format on Windows desktop :(
    Maybe re-formatting it would help indeed as the community already mentioned. I'd suggest to take a look at this step-by-step how to partition and format an HDD: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=PYCoid
    Keep in mind that this will wipe clean the drive, so you should backup all important data from the drive somewhere else.
    I noticed from the screenshots that your HDD appears as Disk 0, this means that it's plugged in the primary SATA port where the SSD (as an OS drive) should be. Actually it is possible that because of this Windows cannot create the image there. Swap the ports of the SSD and the HDD, this might help as well.

    Keep me posted. Hope this helped! *Smile Images suddenly changed format on Windows desktop :)
    SuperSoph_WD
     
    SuperSoph_WD, Feb 6, 2022
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