This complaint is more often tied to saving pictures from the web browser and you can't select JPG. The fix is to run Disk Cleanup and have it empty the Temporary Internet Files.
As to changing a file from BMP to JPEG, the PAINT program can load the BMP and I can use the SAVE AS to save as a JPEG.
Bob
How can I change the extension of a photo from BMP to JPEG?

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