Need .cr3 codec for new computer to use with Windows Explorer

[favpixs]

Have 90D and windows 11, built new computer but .cr3 photos will not display.

downloaded dpp4 and windows explorer will not display .cr3 photos.

Is there a .cr3 codec available for simple install and use?

[FloridaDrafter]

A while back, when I first started using CR3, I downloaded and paid for the FastPictureViewer Codec Pac. This worked and allowed me to view CR3's in the Windows Explorer preview pane and also shows a CR3 thumbnail. I've since upgraded my laptop to Windows 11 and it still works. Their web page doesn't mention 11, but I think you get a trial period so you can at least see if it installs on Windows 11. Another thing about this app that I really like is it's extended EXIF data when you click "Details" in the View menu structure. The app integrates seamlessly into File Explorer and other than doing its job, you don't even know it's there.

** As a side note: I really dislike the new File Explorer in 11. So, I type "Control Panel" in the search bar, then in the search bar at the top of Control Panel, I type "home". This opens the classic File Explorer. I just keep that open in my tray.

Newton

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Microsoft offers a free RAW image extension for cr3 files.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nctdw2w1bh8?hl=en-US&gl=US

Support for CR3 files is listed.  Haven't tried or tested.  

[skiebus]

The workaround I found (in Windows 10, anyway) was to open them with the Windows "Photos" app, then once you have viewed them, the thumbnails will be there. I would open the filmstrip on the bottom and scroll through until they all displayed in the filmstrip. Recently, after a Windows update, the Photos app stopped being able to display .CR3's...
The solution now was to get the Windows "Photos Legacy" app, and do the same, except there is no filmstrip view in it, so you just open all your CR3's in it and then wait a short bit, then refresh your explorer window and see how many thumbnails are there, then open the rest and do it again.
And if you do a Disk Cleanup, be sure to uncheck "Thumbnails", or you'll lose them all.

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

.CR3 files (thumbnail preview) are supported natively in Windows Explorer in Windows 11.  Nothing special is needed.

[skiebus]

I wonder why the original poster's Windows 11 doesn't do this then. I struggled trying to solve this for some time on Windows 10 and finally decided to post my reply somewhere since this post came up somewhat prominently in a Google search. And that Microsoft RAW extension that everyone posts everywhere never has worked on Windows 10 (for me and lots of others, anyway) for .CR3's. I also had used FastPictureViewer previously on Windows 7 (maybe it was Windows 8, actually) and it worked there when .CR2's still didn't work natively, but it didn't work for .CR3's on Windows 10. Good to know, though, thank you!

[Waddizzle]

“ I wonder why the original poster's Windows 11 doesn't do this then. “

I was getting the impression that the OP was using a home brewed platform.  Those systems frequently seem to have some features of Windows missing.