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How can I make Windows Paint save by default as JPEG format?

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Mar 15, 202616600 views
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Every time I want to save an image I've pasted into the Paint application, it chooses a BMP/DIB format (which is the worst for saving things from the clipboard). How can I hack Paint into defaulting to the JPEG format when saving images? I am using Windows XP SP3 and Paint 5.1 at the moment. I hope…

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I use a dirty little hack for this. Make a small blank white JPEG image and save it to a place like and make it right-click the paint shortcut in the start menu, and select "Properties" Append "C:\blank.JPG" to the end of the Target field (keep the …

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