Hi,
last week I purchased and installed CorelDraw X4. After I had watched the video tutorials I wanted to try out the preview function in the Windows Explorer which should work with Vista and Windows 7. A double click starts Corel X4 properly, but the preview or the thumbnail function doesn't work (message "no preview available"). Curiously the Corel paint Fotos work in the preview pane. Only cdr-files aren't previewed.
In the scrapbook the cdr files are displayed correctly.
Does anyone has an idea how to activate this preview function?
I thank you very much from German!
Gonzo
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for the negative people who said that nobody could solve this problem, and that the solutions never worked, it's good to see that most of the people could solve the problem. And this is only for this post, but same happens with most people. Anyway, the problem with thumbnails shouldn't happens and the best solution is to prevent that it happens.
Patrick McIntyre said:We loaded version 12 after version X4 and icons didn't show. We reloaded X4 after loading version 12 and the icons showed up
aarkrogh said: thanks.. it works... aarkrogh
thanks.. it works...
aarkrogh
trex said: Hey Gonzo I had EXACTLY the same problem, I just fixed it!!! Try this and let me know how you go cause it just worked for me: 1. Go to your Control Panel then PROGRAMS AND FEATURES (ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS) 2. Select CorelDraw X4 (or whatever version you have) and click 3. Select Modify from Corel's uninstall options window 4. Scroll down to UTILITIES you should notice your "windows shell extension' box un-ticked, go ahead and tick it . Then run thru the rest of the process until it's done. That's it! That did the trick for me! Good Luck buddy!
Hey Gonzo
I had EXACTLY the same problem, I just fixed it!!!
Try this and let me know how you go cause it just worked for me:
1. Go to your Control Panel then PROGRAMS AND FEATURES (ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS)
2. Select CorelDraw X4 (or whatever version you have) and click
3. Select Modify from Corel's uninstall options window
4. Scroll down to UTILITIES you should notice your "windows shell extension' box un-ticked, go ahead and tick it . Then run thru the rest of the process until it's done. That's it!
That did the trick for me!
Good Luck buddy!
RicRad said:Removing the Windows Shell Extention, rebooting and reinstalling the Windows Shell Extention is what worked for me.
eo04837 said:I can confirm that this works. I had the same issue with losing the previews after installing the X5 trial and modifying the X4 installation brought them back.
Brett said:Worked perfectly, Thanks Mate
faissal said: Hi, i had the same problem when i installed the X6 technical suite, this is how i solved it: Step 1) right-click on a .cdr file and go to proprieties, then click on "Change" under (Opens with) and associate it with any other program in your computer (i associated it with Adobe Illustrator) then click ok, then you'll see all your .cdr files' icones have changed to the program you associated them with. Step 2) after that right-click on a .CDR again and go again to change and change it back to CorelDraw. but you have to do it this way: in Step 2, you right-click on the CDR file and under (opens with) click on "change" and you'll see a list of most the programs you have in your computer but DON'T click on Corel Draw on that list, you should click on "Browse" and find the program "corel draw" in program files then click on it this sloved my problem.
i had the same problem when i installed the X6 technical suite,
this is how i solved it:
Step 1) right-click on a .cdr file and go to proprieties, then click on "Change" under (Opens with) and associate it with any other program in your computer (i associated it with Adobe Illustrator) then click ok, then you'll see all your .cdr files' icones have changed to the program you associated them with.
Step 2) after that right-click on a .CDR again and go again to change and change it back to CorelDraw.
but you have to do it this way: in Step 2, you right-click on the CDR file and under (opens with) click on "change" and you'll see a list of most the programs you have in your computer but DON'T click on Corel Draw on that list, you should click on "Browse" and find the program "corel draw" in program files then click on it
this sloved my problem.
Maxzz said:Hey there! For those who do not work thumbnails! Admin can tag.I have long suffered this problem. Looking for a solution to 5 days (!). No forums and hand-crafting with the system and reinstalling Corel, digging in the registry did not help. Finally found the solution!For some users, the problem appears if your system has multiple versions of Corel / others as a consequence of incorrect removal of the previous version.You need to find the installation files Shell Extension (ShellExt.msi). For the current version of Corel and any previous version of Corel.Delete the new version Shell Extension. Install the old one. Then remove the old version and reinstall the new one (according to your current version of Corel).Everything goes with a bang even without rebooting. My OS is Windows 7 x64.Happy to help :)Hopefully Google translated correctly)))