I can recall many fraught hours during beta testing struggling to get Draw 18 to correctly register OLE during the installation process. If it's not correct Draw won't function as an OLE server breaking the link to PP and ThumbsPlus which uses OLE to create highly detailed thumbnails of .CDR files.
Now I'm installing on Windows 11 and I'm getting the same problem. I installed Trace v12 and CorelDrawX5 using compatibility settings, then followed with 2018. After installing the Reg key for CorelDraw.Automation points to X5. So installed the 32bit version of 2018 as that worked well previously in win7. Still no dice.
Uninstalled X5 and no key exists for CorelDraw.Automation. nowt, nada, zero. Repaired 2018 still nothing.
Could someone with 2018 please examine their registry under Software/Classes CorelDraw.Automation and if it says CorelDraw.Graphic.20 could you please export that whole key and post it here, I'm going to have to get brutal with it.
Thanks
I have CorelDRAW X6 on Windows 11. It works fine EXCEPT that the colors don't print correctly on my Epson 1430. For example, red prints as magenta, and the other printed colors are generally washed out. The solution I found was to save the .cdr file as a .pdf, then the colors printed correctly. Anyone else with this problem? Is there a solution to print directly from the corel file?
Try changing the Color ManagementTools | Color Management | Default Settings change to Simulate Color Management Off
Hello! Sorry, didn't see your reply until just now.
I opened Color Management but don't see "Simulate Color Management Off". There are so many choices on "Default Color Management Settings" and I have no idea what any of them mean. BTW, PDF prints color better, but not what I used to get on Windows 10. I'm so bummed I can't do birthday cards for my grandchildren anymore.
Never mind, I just found it in the Presets selection and will try it.
Just tried it. Better! But the red is not the bright red I used to get on Windows 10, but at least it's as good as the pdf color. Thank you!