I just bought CorelDraw2020 since I had so many problems with 2019. And it's crashing all the time! I'm doing normal actions - selecting, using the shape tool, on standard .cdr files. I try to save all the time, but I can't save every 10 seconds, and I keep losing a few minutes of work with every crash (not to mention restarting the program and opening all my files.) What is going on?
To clarify: first the program freezes, then it just closes.
I have a similar issue with the 2020 version, whenever i try to use type tool the software crashes. can anyone help?
Jumping ahead, my CorelDraw 2020 problems eventually went away, albeit with zero help from this forum. It is hard to put finger exactly on what the solution was. I uninstalled the Suite, cleaned the registry with CCleaner and reinstalled. I rebooted after every move. At some point suddenly I was able to reopen the files that CorelDraw/CorelPaint created. Up to that point, CorelDraw would bomb the moment I tried to access again the file. I suspect that the repeated reboots were helpful.
There is some fragility in that software and the personality of the forum here is as if in addition you were kicked in the face while lying.
same for me, I've scanned for viruses, scanned the hardware as someone mentioned above, tried rebooting, uninstalling and reinstalling, ran the cleaner but nothing worked even after reinstalling the software is experiencing the same problem. Seems like this forum wouldn't be of much help either.
TFA said:Seems like this forum wouldn't be of much help either.
Windows and computers generally are full of s##t that happens.
If there is not 10s of complaints about an issue then the chances are it is something related to your system or to something you have done. Even I accept that reality!
You need to think about how you are going to sort through issues. A few lines in here doesn't give anyone much of a chance.
Especially commercially sold systems, my Toshiba laptop when first put on line was awful. It ran but performance lacked and CorelDRAW occasionally crashed. A bit over a year later I noticed what I thought was a hard drive issue so I looked up an exact replacement. If memory serves it cost $15 and I knew that was not a good idea so I spent $60 on a Western digital. It was as if the system was a completely different system, greatly improved performance and no more CorelDRAW crashes.
About 2 years ago I upgraded the wireless transceiver and network performance was significantly improved.
The system may by 8 or 9 years old and runs 2020 and 2021 well enough to still serve for client meetings.
Buying or building computers for the Windows OS is part technology and part art.
The 2020 Suite nightmare came back, with either Paint or Draw bombing when opening the files they themselves created. What helped this time was applying the Update 1 for the Suite and rebooting - good for now. Putting blame on Windows is pretty absurd, as hundreds of programs run simultaneously without problems within the very same framework and, no, there are no systems in the world that are ideal, unless they are very primitive. I am not sure whether these are company shills operating here or people with the particular state of mind congregating. Incidentally, Update 1 mentions fixing stability issues reported by users.
Update 1 has for a long time been what the product should have been when released. Do you think we are not critical about this? Only Corel programmers know where those bugs are injected from. Most often it is their code BUT you can't assume that. Not all code is owned by Corel, there are many libraries used, mostly from Microsoft. The compiler is likely from Microsoft. Only Corel know where errors are generated. You can bet that over the years emails fly between Corel and Microsoft during that period between the release and SP1. That's part of the process. You still haven't given anyone here what is needed to help you. Not even your system details. Or that you have looked at an event log. Just that it's a nightmare. So what you get back is just the nightmares we have had. And my #1 nightmare is usually a memory issue. And the #1 fix is a rub of the contact with a pencil rubber. 90% of computers I've fixed I've done it with a damn pencil rubber. That's life in the sub-tropics where everything corrodes. If you man up with your system details and age then at least we can help you rule that out.
Hi...Just in case this might help... Reading your posts makes me wonder if you will most undoubtly refuse to try this but, here goes anyway...I've already had so many bad issues with my main program, CorelDRAW, a few years back. The only program I had trouble with. I've tried so many steps, just like you did, uninstalling, reinstalling, cleaning up the registry with so many 3rd party tools (CCleaner, ADWcleaner, Malwarebytes, TuneUp Utilities, System Mechanic even trial versions of such programs). I ended up corrupting the whole computer!!!Remember, Windows still uses the darn common files, windows installer and all sorts of crap, that might have a lot to do with a problem such as yours than you might think. Corel might even be conflicting with another program you have installed on your machine. Heck, maybe even unistalled programs can cause conflicts too!!I finally gave up. After a data backup, I reformatted my computer from scratch. I decided that after many installations and uninstallations of other programs can build up so much unecessary data in the registry, that it could have been the reason for all the trouble. Guess what... I never had issues with Corel after that.Formatting a computer may seem like a ridiculous step, but when the going gets rough... It might be more of a smart move to take one step back to better advance forward.P.S.By the way, just shouting out loud that your program crashes constantly with no other detail related and most of all spitting in the face of users that they're kicking you in the face by not helping you is totally pointless. You seem to really insist on NOT SHARING your system configuration wich would really help others help you. It's not nonsense, it's the opposite. Simple, plain, common sense.Remember, we, other users on this forum, are not paid to help you. We're helping others by giving our time generously.All that being said, I'd try reformatting in your case.Good luck uu_ii