Lightroom 6-Windows11-Nikon D7500

I've had Lightroom 6 for several years with a Nikon D7500 and everything worked wonderfully when I had Windows 10 on my computer. Now I have Windows 11, so I had to reinstall Lightroom 6 from my CD. I still have the same Nikon D7500 camera but Lightroom no longer reads .nef files. Error message: "The file is not recognized by Lightroom's Raw format support."
This type of message usually appears when you change your camera but it's not my case since 2022, I have the Nikon D7500 with Lightroom 6 and everything was fine. Why after switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11 it doesn't work anymore?

 

By @diane_1954

The Nikon D7500 requires Lightroom 6.12 or later, and when you install from the CD you will get version 6.0, which cannot read the D7500 files. You probably had version 6.12 or later installed before you upgraded to Windows 11.

Here's a link to download the 6.14 installer for Windows. The page takes a long time to load, so be patient.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231220005239mp_/https://prdl-download.adobe.com/Lightroom/60BA1251F1BC48B8B82B1B63AE8E620E/1552643270580/Lightroom_6_LS11.exe

Mac users can use this link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20231114161051mp_/https://prdl-download.adobe.com/Lightroom/60BA1251F1BC48B8B82B1B63AE8E620E/1552642986882/Lightroom_6_LS11.dmg

You'll need to follow the instructions for offline install/activation provided by @kglad  in below linked thread

https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install-discussions/lightroom-6-on-a-new-pc/m-p/14638713#M580921

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