I see from elsewhere a few people have had diverse problems with Corel Draw on Windows 7, but can’t find my particular issue.
Installed Corel Draw Graphics Suite X5 (trial version), Windows 7 64-bit, SP1. (This is on a laptop made available by our IT department for testing prior to a move from XP to Windows 7.)
There was no problem with installation, but when I try to run Draw or Photopaint, I get an error message:
'The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.'
The event log reads:
'Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5\Programs\CorelDRW.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.OpenMP,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.'
The sxstrace.exe tool appears somewhat complicated to explore just now.
Any thoughts?
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/the-application-has-failed-to-start-because-its/ef9b01d5-3c18-479e-bf71-a9c28123c807
Try those... I didn't search the forum here but I'm pretty sure this issue has been mentioned before.
This issue belongs to MS and when I did a Google heaps of programs are affected.
I'm surprised you have an issue with Win 7 64 as for most of us it has been trouble free.
Thanks for the response, Yani.
I checked the page you suggested, which confirms information found elsewhere: that this problem may be related to the absence of Visual C++ runtime on the system.
I tried installing the runtime, but no joy.
In any case, the examples I’ve found where this solved the problem concerned small circulation programs of the “home-made” shareware variety (no disrespect intended). Over the years we have got used to that sort of program needing a specific working environment involving third-party add-ons. But you don’t expect it from a mainstream commercial program like Draw; and, bearing in mind that no one else seems to be complaining, I’m inclined to think that’s probably a red herring here.
Open to other suggestions.