Install CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4 on Windows 10
When attempting to install CorelDraw X4 on a fresh copy of windows 10 I was greeted with the follow error message.
I immediately searched online for a solution and had no luck finding one. I knew CorelDraw would run on Windows 10 because when I upgraded my computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 CorelDraw worked (except for a menu color problem). I started playing around and was able to manually install CorelDraw by copying files and registry settings from and windows 7 install to Windows 10 computer. I found that to be a very difficult process so I kept trying and eventually found an easier way to install CorelDraw.
I have only tested this on two computers so let me know if this works for you.
Installing CorelDraw X4 on Windows 10 will break your start menu. See post #2 before starting.
Please use this guide at your own risk! Thank You
Install Process
Step 1: Copy the contents of your install DVD to a new folder on your computer.
Step 2: Browse to the “Setup” folder in the newly copied install files.
Step 3: Open Setup.XML with Notepad
Step 4: Change the highlighted line of code from “Setup.msi” to “Setup123.msi”
Step 5: Save and close the XML file.
Step 6: Browse to the “CGS14” folder located inside the “Setup” directory and rename the “setup.msi” file to “setup123.msi”
Step 7: Go ahead a launch autorun.exe located in the root of your copied install file. You should now be able to install CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4 on your windows 10 computer.
Just tried this on Windows 10, version 1909. The install works perfectly, and of course it breaks the start menu as other people noticed.
It seems that during installation, CorelDraw X4 is changing the permissions on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes in an inappropriate way. The easiest way to repair this is to set back the original permissions using the inheritance function:
The only remaining issue after this is the badly usable menu in the application (white on white), for which a workaround is to create an equivalent labels-only toolbar. There are tutorials around on the Internet about how to do it.
What are the 'two existing permissions set by the CorelDraw installer'? They all look generic to me.
I can't reproduce the thing right now (I'd have to reinstall CorelDraw), but as far as I remember there were only those two permissions set, nothing else. If you see more than two of them, can you post a screenshot?