EOS utility failure to connect on Widows 11

[Boiledwheat]

Just bought a new laptop for tethered shooting. All freshly updated, I installed the EOS utility software for the 5D Mark 4, windows 10 (which is what the laptop originally had installed). The installation was fine but when I connected my camera, I kept getting the title pop up for EOS utility and it would load for ages and then eventually close with a “failure to connect” message. So I uninstalled, restarted, reinstalled, same result. Uninstalled again.

I updated Windows 11 to see if that would make a difference, restarted, downloaded the EOS utility software for Windows 11, restarted, same result. Anyone have any ideas?

[jrhoffman75]

Is the camera recognized by W11 if you just connect to computer? It should show up as a device like a disk drive. You should also see it if you look at Devices & Printers display. 

[Boiledwheat]

Yes, the computer is recognizing the camera, and the EOS Utility is recognizing it initially. The title/loading screen pops up automatically once the camera is turned on or plugged in. It just won’t load past that title screen and I’m stumped. 

[jrhoffman75]

Is wifi possibly turned on on the camera?

I don’t know W11, but are there possibly permissions that need to be authorized. I know macOS has them. Need to authorize disk access and folder access. 

[normadel]

Have you tried running the program as Administrator? Right-click the icon and select it from the menu.

[Waddizzle]

If you can roll it back to Windows 10, then do so. The only app that might need updating is the EOS Utility 3 itself.  Make sure you have as working USB data cable not a power only cable.  

Try all of the USB ports on the PC. 

[normadel]

I installed EOS Utility 3 on a Windows 11 machine and it worked fine. There isn't much operational difference between Win and 11. It's only the interface that is different, for the most part.

[Boiledwheat]

Tried that as well, no dice unfortunately. I browsed some older threads and it looks like it actually might be a Ryzen/AMD issue? Which I hope isn't the case because I bought this computer specifically for tethered shooting lol.

[Boiledwheat]

Still getting used to the W11 layout, but I've enabled all the permissions I can find, and tried running Utility as administrator. Still the same issue. 

[jrhoffman75 · Accepted solution]

Check the Canon support site for a firmware update for the 5DM4.