Is there any way to install CorelDRAW X3 on Windows 10?
Thanks in advance
I have tried this in December 2020 on W10 Pro. At first it looked like it had worked. Coreldraw and Photopaint were working fine. Then I discovered that the Windows 'Photos' app was not working. After a reboot, the start menu was also not working. Possibly the problems are due to more recently installed updates to W10. Anyway, I ended up having to reinstall W10 and dump the Coreldraw.
Jan_2022:
As others have attested, some of the methods here that may have worked in the past, do not now. There are 2 issues at play:
1) The installer will not run, and is intercepted by a compatibility checker. Disabling Program Compatibility Assistant does not help. What does work is to temporarily rename the app database in windows that is being used to block access.
I am not holding your hand through some steps, so google how if you need to
- log in as an admin - stop the Program Compatability Assistant service - take ownership of c:\windows\apppatch\msimain.sdb -Give yourself read-write access -rename the file to xmsimain.sdb
Now run the installer as normal- it should not complain,
Before restarting your PC, do step 2 below, otherwise the START menu will not work. If you are in that position, right-click the Start button , choose RUN and type regedit, then follow (2) below
2) The other problem is that following installation, the START menu is broken, but this is an easy fix:
- Run regedit - Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT - Right-click / Permissions. Add the user ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES and give them full control- Hooray - the start menu works again
Don't forget to navigate back to c:\windows\apppatch and rename xmsimain.sdb back to msimain.sdb
The easiest way to fix the ownership issue that you introduced is to run as-administrator a command prompt then
sfc /scannow
For me in Jan2022 on Win10 Pro, that left me with a working install.
Good luck
Thank you!!! Been trying forever to get my old Corel X3 working in Win10, and this was the trick! Thank you so much!