Recently installed Win7 64bit, and Corel Draw X4 won't install. I just get an error message saying The version of this file is not compatible with the version of windows that you're running. I've tried installing in compatibility mode for everything since XP SP2 and no luck. I was running Vista 64bit before and it ran fine.
Stefan Lindblad said: Hi Jeff, If your X3 was good then X4 will.And Win 7 Ultimate would work.I have Win 7 PRO 64 bit myself. There might be something else causing the error then.X4 should install on your machine as well. When Corel in Canada and the rest of USA wake up, (Im in Sweden) more people will probably notice this post, and especially some Corel employees working in Canada, who might have a good suggestion and solving the issue. I will even send a link about this post to one Corel person especially.Ps. I DONT work at Corel, but I have a contact. Just so you dont ask me to "Corel-ish" questions ;-)
Hi Jeff,
If your X3 was good then X4 will.And Win 7 Ultimate would work.I have Win 7 PRO 64 bit myself.
There might be something else causing the error then.X4 should install on your machine as well.
When Corel in Canada and the rest of USA wake up, (Im in Sweden) more people will probably notice this post, and especially some Corel employees working in Canada, who might have a good suggestion and solving the issue. I will even send a link about this post to one Corel person especially.Ps. I DONT work at Corel, but I have a contact. Just so you dont ask me to "Corel-ish" questions ;-)
Not all employees are in Canada :P
Back to subject: Are you installing from DVD or download. If you have a DVD please browse the DVD for the volinfo file. What does it say there?
Wijnanda said:Not all employees are in Canada :P
You see, one learn something new everyday. I guess its as true as fact that not all Swedes are as gloomy and silent people as in Ingmar Bergman movies either ;-)
Greetings from a very snowy Stockholm, loonging for some spring weather now.
Hi Folks,
I am having the same problem with corel draw and win 7 pro 64 bit.
I had it running fine on Vista Business 64 bit and after checking several times with Corel support and being assured it would work, I went ahead and upgraded to Win7.
Everyting but Corel Draw works, photo paint is fine as are capture, duplex & sb profiler.
Support keep telling me I am not the administrator and that is why it won't work, however as the only user of this PC I gave myself Admin rights at the very start as I am not worried about someone else being able to screw it up. I followed their instructions and turned off User Account Notifications which they said would make me admin..... I restarted as instructed and still no joy.
I double checked in user accounts and made sure I had all admin rights so I have no idea wht this will just not work.
I removed everything corel from my system, cleaned out all registry entries relating to corel and restarted my system.
I then did a complete clean install from the original download file, exactly the same problem.
I tried running the SP2 download only to be informed that the installation was unsuccessful as the program to be upgraded was not installed!
So I uninstalled everything again and went to the corel website and downloaded the trial version, the logic being it is probably the latest release and if it works in trial more I can just activate it with my existing product key.
WRONG! The download went fine, the install went fine but yet again corel draw will not load.
All I get is 2 seconds of the Green Baloon "loading" splash screen then it just disappears.
Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated as I have graphics to do for my degree course and don't have access to any other software that is capable enough for what I need.
I will definitely be saving up for Adobe CS4 as I KNOW that works on 64 Bit Win 7 as I have used it. This wouldn't be the case if Corel took resolving this issue seriously but they don't seem to be doing anything to rectify or assist in identifying the cause.