MS Paint - only saves BMP 1

[mikebach]

We had a windows 2000 pro box that had some problems. It was Service Pack 1. At some point the service back was uninstalled. Now when the user is in MS Paint, he can't save anything to JPEG. It only allows saves to BMPS. Any ideas ?

Thanks

 

[LeBodge]

What file formats are available from the drop down "save as type" when you click "File/Save As"?

LeBodge

 

[mikebach]

Only Bitmaps and they are:
monochrome
16
256
24 bit

 

[wolluf]

1. Reinstall SP1 (or 2 or 3)?

2. Use something else to convert to format you want? Eg, Irfanview (

http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at/)

 

[irzyxel]

1.) more than about time to install sp3

2.) dont use crappy paint ...

 

[ZZZ7]

Here's some info:

http://www.geocities.com/one_human/advanced.html#mspaint_fix

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193354

 

[CMNWestEngineer]

Wow. This tip worked like a charm. What fixed it for me was the part:

If you already have the JPEG Graphics Filter on your system (and in both locations as stated above), but MS Paint still won't let you "Save As" JPG, you can manually edit the Registry to correct this. It's a simple fix. Go to Start, Run, type REGEDIT, and click OK. Go to this key by clicking the + signs beside the keys (folders):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\JPEG.

Click on the "JPEG" key (folder) in the left pane, and you'll see a String Value in the right pane with the name "Extensions". Make sure under the "Data" column it shows only "jpg". If it shows "jpg, jpeg", double-click on the "Extensions" string and from the "Value data" field remove "jpeg" so that it only reads "jpg" (without the quotes).

My machine had both jpg, jpeg. When I removed the jpeg it immediately started to work.

Excellent