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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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!
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.
However, be sure to close Windows Explorer before you modify. For some reason, any of the files that were on the screen when the program was modified still don't show up, but those below it do.
I repeated the process, unchecking the shell extension and modifying, the re-checking shell extension and modifying and all the thumbnails came back. However, the files that didn't show up before now have very small thumbnails, and no preview in the preview pane (doesn't say "no preview available" either). Re-started the computer and everything was back to normal.