# DICOM load failure

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-load-failure/34823>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** dicom\
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-load-failure/34823 "2024-03-11T14:22:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ahmed\_barakat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ahmed_barakat/32/69631_2.png) [@ahmed\_barakat](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ahmed_barakat)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-load-failure/34823/1 "2024-03-11T14:22:33Z")

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Operating system: win 11  
Slicer version: 5.4.0  
Expected behavior: loading dicom files  
Actual behavior: error occured while loading certain files

I am trying to load dicom files as usual by dragging and dropping and I got this message. I tried to load dicom files and I tried add data widget and I have the same result every time. the files are working on the millensys viewer which is the veiwer sent as a standard on the CD from the xray lab.

what to do

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/dicom-load-failure/34823/2 "2024-03-11T14:23:45Z")

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Please use latest Slicer Stable Release. If you still encounter any unexpected behavior then please share more specific details.