How to Change the File Type Using Windows

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How to Change the File Type Using Windows
How to Change the File Type Using Windows
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Are you a little confused by all those complicated words that computer experts use? Are you also among those who, starting to use a computer, considered themselves lucky to know how to turn it on and to be able to not make it catch fire or stop it? Maybe I can help you with instructions in simple words and with easy steps, to carry out simple tasks with Microsoft Windows operating systems. This article will show you how to change the file type if, for example, you have a project that requires a-j.webp

Steps

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 1
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 1

Step 1. Find the file you want to edit

Using the mouse, right click on that file. It will highlight the file and a drop-down menu will appear. Read the list of options and find "OPEN WITH" and click on it.

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 2
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 2

Step 2. Find MS Paint (or similar program)

You will be offered a list of programs or there will be an option to "BROWSE". Look in the list and look for the "PAINT" option. If it is not in the list, click the "BROWSE" option: a popup will open, where you can search for the "PAINT" program on your computer. Once found, click it to put it in the list of programs to which you can send your files. Once in the list, click on it and the file will be sent to the "Paint" program and will be opened.

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 3
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 3

Step 3. In the Paint toolbar, locate the "FILE" option and click it

A drop-down menu appears and you will see the "SAVE AS" option: click it.

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 4
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 4

Step 4. Look at the bottom of the popup

There are two lines that will be used to change the file type. The last line is the one that will be used first. At the end of the line there is a dark space to click to get the necessary options. Click it and a drop-down menu will appear and you will see different file types to choose from.

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 5
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 5

Step 5. Locate the line that says.jpg

There may be other letters in the same line, but don't get confused: if-j.webp

This will put your choice on the blank line

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 6
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 6

Step 6. Now look at the top of the popup and check that you are saving the file in the same location where it was before; if you want to create a new folder, now is the time to do it

Change a File Type Using Windows Step 7
Change a File Type Using Windows Step 7

Step 7. When you are sure of the destination of the new file, click the "SAVE" option, in the line above the one where you placed your new file

Advice

  • The reason there are different files is to allow these files to do different things; if we change the file type, those files appear differently and function differently from the initial file type.

    One of the most damaging changes to a file is to modify an animated-g.webp" />

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