Bobthearch

I understand completely if they don't officially 'support' Windows 7. But what is actually preventing the program from running on Windows 7? That's what I'm curious about. I suspect some software companies are filtering by OS during the install process to manufacture a compatibility issue when the software would otherwise work just fine.

I've encountered a few programs now that claim to be incompatible with Windows 7, but in real life work just fine. I think some software companies are using it as a disclaimer just because they no longer test on Windows 7 and don't want to be responsible for troubleshooting and bugfixing potential issues.

I realize Windows 7 is an older operating system, but the computer was built as a high-end machine and still runs very well. I currently run Affinity, On1, ACDSee, DaVinci Resolve, and many others with no performance issues. At this time the cost of a new build is prohibitive, especially just to install a single program that requires a newer OS. Is there a particular technical reason why V2 is incompatible with Windows 7? Is it the MSIX installer perhaps? Or maybe it's just listed as incompatible as a disclaimer? Just curious.

Yes, they are cr2 RAW files. I haven't tried those codecs from Fast Picture Viewer yet as I (naively?) figured either Canon would have a codec available for their own darn files, or Affinity would have a solution I just didn't know about. I stumped how neither of those is immediately true. Microsoft Raw Image Extension is for Windows 10 only.

These are Canon RAW files, and it seems Canon discontinued their codec download years ago. Why in the heck they would do that, I have no idea. Microsoft has sort of an all-in-one codec for Windows, but it would seem to not be compatible with the files from this particular camera (Eos M6).

When wishing to opening a file from Affinity, I all I see is a folder of identical icons. How do I know which file to open? Shouldn't there be a preview? The camera's RAW files are compatible with Affinity and I have no trouble opening or editing them, only identifying the file I want to open.

No offer in the Welcome screen here. Tried changing the language from US - Brit - US, no difference. I'm on Windows 7 but don't use IE; I use Firefox and it is up to date. I tried with the ad-blocker and Ghostery both turned off, no difference. The freebies do not appear in my Downloads at the store.