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Why am I getting the message "Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x89 0x50" when I try to open my jpg file?
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When you try to open JPEG/JPG files, the file explorer returns an error message “Invalid Image File Header”. What does it mean? Well, unfortunately, all your JPEG/JPG files have become corrupt and you can't access until the problem is fixed.
jpg? The first letter P stands for picture. The second to fourth number/letter represent the date the image is taken. The second number/letter represent month (1-9 for Jan-Sep, ABC for Oct-Dec). The third and fourth number represent day.
You can open JPG files with your web browser, like Chrome or Firefox (drag local JPG files onto the browser window), and built-in Microsoft programs like the photo viewer and Paint application. If you're on a Mac, Apple Preview and Apple Photos can open the JPG file.
The file is actually a PNG with the wrong file extension. "0x89 0x50" is how a PNG file starts.
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Your file is not a JPEG file, it's just been renamed from a PNG to a JPEG somewhere along the way. Some programs will open this as a recognised file extension and infer the type from the prefix, but obviously not the one you're using.
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