

If you cannot open a file, you can try restoring it using the best-of-its-kind software, DiskInternals Uneraser. In this case, you need to use method 5 to ensure that the files are in place. If you are still unable to open JPG files in Windows 10, most likely the files are corrupted and cannot be done in such simple ways. So, to avoid such bad scenario, make a copy and change the extension from JPG to any other (png, for example). If you change the extension of the unopened file - there is a risk of losing it forever. Still can't open JPG? Make a copy and rename!Īnother simple method is to banally copy the JPG file and change the file’s original extension. The person has given me their password and asked me to find all files that they have saved. If this method did not help and you cannot open JPG files with windows photo viewer, try the next method. Hi, I have a computer here that belongs to another person and they have used it to work for years. If this helps, congratulations! So your files were not damaged, but some kind of program crash occurred, or it is simply incompatible with this type of file. You can also access them directly at a \\wsl$ path.If you cannot open jpg files on Windows 10 - try different Photo viewer programs. This will launch File Explorer showing the current Linux directory-you can browse the Linux environment’s file system from there.

From within the Windows Subsystem for Linux environment you want to browse, run the following command: explorer.exe. There are two ways to access your Linux files. You still shouldn’t modify the underlying files at their real location on your system. Unlike previous methods, this is a safe way to work with Linux files! Windows does some magic in the background, making it possible to edit your Linux files from Windows applications without causing file permission issues. Here’s how to get at your Windows Subsystem for Linux files. Windows 10’s May 2019 Update finally offers an easy, safe, and officially supported way to access and work with your Linux files from within File Explorer and other applications.
