Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CR file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CR to another file type
To convert CR files to another format, you need Citrix Workspace or other Settings software.
Convert a file to CR
To convert other file formats to the "Receiver Configuration File" file type, you need software like Citrix Workspace or a similar tool.
About CR files
The .CR file extension represents multiple distinct file formats, creating severe compatibility challenges. Most commonly, it is a Citrix Receiver Store Configuration file. These files are built on an underlying XML structure and contain configuration parameters that allow user devices to automatically configure connections to enterprise Citrix server environments. Alternatively, .CR files function as Computed Radiography medical images conforming to the DICOM standard. These contain raw X-ray pixel data alongside sensitive patient metadata. Minor uses include Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) audio files, encrypted CryEngine game settings, or temporary partial downloads generated by Google Chrome. You often need to convert .CR files because their original forms are highly specialized and difficult to access outside their native ecosystems. Citrix configuration files require the Citrix Workspace app, which is frequently blocked on consumer PCs without administrative rights. Similarly, Computed Radiography DICOM medical images are proprietary and cannot be opened natively by web browsers or standard operating system image viewers, requiring specialized medical software like ImageJ. This forces users to convert the files just to interact with the data. For Citrix configurations, the best conversion targets are .XML or .TXT. Converting to plain text exposes the server addresses and connection parameters, though you lose the ability to double-click and automatically import the settings into Citrix software. For Computed Radiography files, converting to .JPG or .PNG allows you to view the X-ray on any consumer device, but you will permanently lose standard medical 16-bit depth and embedded patient metadata. This format is notoriously difficult to open or convert due to extreme fragmentation. An online converter usually relies only on the file extension and will fail because it cannot guess if your specific .CR file is an audio track, a text-based configuration, or an encrypted game asset. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Our engine inspects the file headers directly - if our analysis detects a supported underlying XML or DICOM structure, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CR file to JPG, PNG or PDF, you can use Citrix Workspace or similar software from the "Configuration or Medical Image Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to CR, try Citrix Workspace or another comparable tool in the "Configuration or Medical Image Data" category.
The CR Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CR converter.