# Trouble viewing .msh file in Paraview 6.0.1

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267 "2025-10-28T16:29:45Z")
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### Author: ![dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dtx)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267/1 "2025-10-28T16:29:45Z")

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Hello, I wanted to view .msh file on Paraview on my windows 10 pc. I tried with the meshio plugin but had no success. Tried saving the gmsh file as .vtk file but cannot view the inner elements. Can anyone help me with viewing options of .vtk files? Is it a recommended option? My paraview version is 6.0.1. I do not have a GmshIO plugin in my plugin manager. I tried installing the meshio plugin and activated auto upload in the plugin manager, it still shows some error when i load my .msh file using it.  
Thank you in advance.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267/2 "2025-10-29T08:11:51Z")

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Please share your data.

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### Author: ![dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dtx)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267/3 "2025-10-29T09:42:28Z")

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I am running Windows 10 (64 bit) on my laptop and the version of Paraview I downloaded is:

[https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v6.0&type=binary&os=Windows&downloadFile=ParaView-6.0.1-Windows-Python3.12-msvc2017-AMD64.msi](https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v6.0&type=binary&os=Windows&downloadFile=ParaView-6.0.1-Windows-Python3.12-msvc2017-AMD64.msi)

The problem is that I dont see any GmshIO plugin and tried installing MeshIO plugin but that too didn’t work. I wanted to know why dont I see the GmshIO plugin in my version of Paraview? I tried installing the older 5.13 version too but do not see this plugin there too. Could you please tell me what am I doing wrong here? I can share the error I receive when I run .msh file through MeshIO reader if you require.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267/4 "2025-10-29T09:49:51Z")

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GMSHIO is not shipped in Windows binary I’m afraid. You need to either use Linux or compile ParaView and GMSH yourself.

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### Author: ![dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dtx)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267/5 "2025-10-29T09:58:08Z")

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I will install Linux then. Thanks for the help.

Regards