A DCR file is a Digital Camera Raw extension for Kodak cameras. These are digital images saved by Kodak digital cameras. Kodak, like many other camera manufacturers, use a specific file extension for their Raw images. I have some ancient Adobe Shockwave files with.dcr file extensions. I managed to view them with the official Adobe player (download the full version, not the slim version). However, Chrome refuses to open the files (showing the save file dialog instead). Other browsers can view the Shockwave files, but there are other problems like: No audio. After installation, three 'Dir.dcr, Dir (1).dcr, and Dir (2).dcr' files remained in my Downloads folder.I am UTR on this. I don't recall seeing Dir.dcr left over in the Downloads folder after installing Flash Player, and double-checked it with various install vectors (online/web shim installer, standalone EXE & MSI installers - none left Dir.
Other possible reasons why your .DCR file does not want to open
In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .DCR file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:
1. Incorrect version of the installed application
A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .DCR file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .DCR file, so download the update and check again.
2. Incorrect .DCR file association with the program
Open Scr File
If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to 'show' which program the computer should use. To do this:
- Right-click the .DCR file
- Go to the 'Open with' - then 'Choose default program ...'
- Locate the appropriate application
- Click 'OK'
3. The file is corrupt
Open Scr Files
It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.