Canon's raw files (.CR2) in Adobe Camera Raw

I shoot in RAW+jpeg and have my camera set at a 'picture style' where it adds a small amount of contrast to my images.
I think if I open up the RAW file in Canon's proprietary RAW converter it will read that contrast information and apply it.
But I heard that ACR will not recognize that embedded Canon information. Is that true? I hope it is not true, I would like to start with a blank slate when dealing with RAW files.
Thanks for reading,
Kkamin

Correct - ACR cannot read the undoumented, proprietary tags that camera makers add to their images, nor can it exactly reproduce the undocumented, proprietary algorithms in the manufacturer's software.
If you don't like that situation, please let the camera maker know that. Even better, you can ask them to support standard RAW formats like DNG.

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Sorry, I am on a MAC. I downloaded the link you provided and it's giving the same error message as above. Running CS5.
The error message you gave is from Camera Raw. I thought you said that DNG Converter didn't work?
The link I gave you is an article on getting your raw files to open in Camera Raw. Did you read it? I lazily gave you the link because this is one of the most common problems in this forum, and I get tired of saying the same thing over and over again. I could break it down for your specific case, but I was hoping you could read through the article and work it out for yourself.
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