Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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I found that when copying duplicate files, the original gif format cannot be changed to other formats. The changed other formats will be displayed as errors in File Explorer, but non-gif formats can be changed to other formats.

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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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i don't understand you can't change the extension of gif?
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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xnview wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:00 am i don't understand you can't change the extension of gif?
If I can directly change the duplicate files from gif to jpg, I can skip the steps of batch conversion and deletion.

The following is the error after changing the duplicate file from gif to jpg:
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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if you change only extension the file is not converted
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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xnview wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:48 am if you change only extension the file is not converted
If the format cannot be converted, what is the use of setting this extension format?
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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it's not a format change only extension change
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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xnview wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:28 pm it's not a format change only extension change
Normally there is no need to change the extension, unless it can change the format, it is recommended to disable it.
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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for example, jpeg file can have extension .jpg, .jpeg, .jif, .JPG
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Re: Duplicate gif files cannot be formatted

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xnview wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:25 am for example, jpeg file can have extension .jpg, .jpeg, .jif, .JPG
If other extensions are not applicable, perhaps they should be disabled to avoid being mistaken for a convertible format?