Why am I getting the error: "Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x89 0x50"

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matt burns picture matt burns · Jul 3, 2012 · Viewed 87k times · Source

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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matt burns picture matt burns · Jul 3, 2012

The file is actually a PNG with the wrong file extension. "0x89 0x50" is how a PNG file starts.

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