@Jazzman5 wrote:
Hi Newton,
I am confused about your comments on the CR3 files. I downloaded the FastPictureViewer Codec Pac, yet it did not allow me to see any CR3 files thumbnails. On their Website, it only mentions CR2 files and not CR3. Also, the latest Codec Pac is dated in 2017, before the CR3 files came on the scene in 2018.
James*
Hello, James!
I'm confused as well on my end of things. All I can say is I have never downloaded/installed Microsoft's RAW add-on for my 11. I upgraded to Windows 11 from 10, so it wasn't a fresh install of 11 and File Explorer kept the same viewing behavior for CR3 files after the upgrade. I installed FPV Codec Pac in Win 10 because Explorer wouldn't view some of the Canon Raw files that I have (we use many cameras). Some CR3's it would, some not.
I did download/install the MS RAW codec from them for my wife's Windows 11 Home version system (I have "11 Pro"), and File Explorer would not read her R6 or R6II CR3's. However, it did after I installed the FPV Codec Pac.
So yes, I am confused as well.
Here are some screen shots that I just snapped, one of the "Preview Pane" and one of the "Detail Pane" in Windows Explorer. I know they don't help, but do confirm FPV works, at least for me. Just to note, these shots are of File Explorer Classic, it works the same in the Windows 11 version.
Newton
