Windows 10: Why are default .jpg files automatically changed to .jif files with every update?

Discus and support Why are default .jpg files automatically changed to .jif files with every update? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I work with AutoCAD every day and have for that past 20 years. Over the past year I have experienced huge challenges while attempting to insert photos... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Michael Boice1, Jan 17, 2023.

  1. MICHAEL BOICE1
    Michael Boice1 Win User

    Why are default .jpg files automatically changed to .jif files with every update?


    I work with AutoCAD every day and have for that past 20 years. Over the past year I have experienced huge challenges while attempting to insert photos saved from the web to assigned folders. Today I was instructed to go into the registry and change the default from jif to jpg. Why is this so? The amount of time lost to trying insert new photos from the web, which are not accessible in AutoCAD because fif files are not supported, is mind boggling to me. This method of selecting a photos from the web to an assigned folder - which remains as a jpg - has worked for 19 years.I am working from

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    Michael Boice1, Jan 17, 2023
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  2. DISTANTDEATH
    DistantDeath Win User

    Vista Automatic Updating Error

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    DistantDeath, Jan 17, 2023
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  3. BREE
    Bree Win User
    How to change default app for file type

    'Open With > Choose another app' has three step, in the first it only offers apps registered for that file type. If you click 'More apps' it lists all registered apps regardless of suitability. Both these steps have the tick-box for 'Always use...' in my 18363.752. The third step, if needed, is 'Look for another app on this PC'. The 'Always use...' must be ticked before taking this step if you want the change to stick. However, WMP appears at the second step.


    Why are default .jpg files automatically changed to .jif files with every update? 274247d1586781472t-how-change-default-app-file-type-image.png


    For a quick look at a JPG almost anything (including WMP) is more practical than Photos which on my system takes more than ten seconds just to open a photo. The OP is probably not aware that the Windows Photo Viewer is still available in W10, but hidden away. That's my default viewer for JPG.


    Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

    And, once enabled, is available in Settings > Apps > Default apps.


    Why are default .jpg files automatically changed to .jif files with every update? 274248d1586782515t-how-change-default-app-file-type-screenshot-4-.png
     
    Bree, Jan 17, 2023
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  4. PETERSTEELE
    petersteele Win User

    Why are default .jpg files automatically changed to .jif files with every update?

    Can't change default program to open files.

    Hi,

    I'm trying to change the default program for .dwg files from Autocad to Draftsight.

    I already tried:

    • right click > open with > choose another app > always use this app. The file opens in Draftsight without problems, but it still opens with Autocad the next time you double click a dwg file.
    • settings > apps > default apps > choose default apps by file type. This also does not change the default method to Draftsight.

    When I type assoc .dwg in command prompt, it shows ".dwg=DraftSight.Drawing"

    I see some suggestions to try using the old interface through control panel, but it seems like control panel routes to the new interface.

    I also tried changing the association for .txt files from notepad to notepad++ and it doesn't work either.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.
     
    petersteele, Jan 17, 2023
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