Recently had problematic re-install of both X3 and X5. Finally succeeded in sequential numeric order (i.e. first X3 and then X5). However now, CONNECT X5 no longer displays CDR vector file thumbnails. Currently CDRs are associated with X3. Is that the possible cause? What else might be contributing to this problem?
Thanks for any and all ideas!
Happy New Year!
Put the X5 DVD in the drive and when the install menu appears, choose Repair. This will fix your file associations and perhaps even restore the thumbnail preview (that may be casued by the Corel Windows Shell extension.)
Hi Hugh!
V-wha-lah! Say Magnifiqué!!! THANK YOU! You make it look easy, Sir! Thumbnails are restored!
Have a great 2011!
Yes I did a custom install. I'm pretty sure I manually de-selected the Shell Extension. I don't like software clutter or programs running in the background, clogging the system up and slowing things down - unless they're essential. When I de-slected the shell extension - the Corel install program should immediately have flagged this up.
Anyway, all's well that ends well - so they say.
In my previous post, I said that, "all's well that ends well". Well, I hesitate to say it, but I'm not sure it has ended yet.
Although Connect is now displaying CDR and CPT files properly (great!) it isn't displaying Thumbnails for WMF files - is it supposed to? All I'm getting it the generic icon.
Tnanks.
The Professor said: it isn't displaying Thumbnails for WMF files
I recently moved from XP 32bit to Win7 Pro 64bit, so I too am looking for a solution.Seeing connect uses windows explorer for viewing as suchThis is a windows thing.It appears they (Microsoft) removed support for security reasonshttp://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/wmf-in-windows-explorer-not-shown-as-thumbnails/3f2beb84-54a2-4aa8-9689-b5addb3af237But this may help --> http://code.google.com/p/emfplugin/
I will be trying it in the next few days.
Stephen said: it isn't displaying Thumbnails for WMF files I recently moved from XP 32bit to Win7 Pro 64bit, so I too am looking for a solution.Seeing connect uses windows explorer for viewing as suchThis is a windows thing.It appears they (Microsoft) removed support for security reasonshttp://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/wmf-in-windows-explorer-not-shown-as-thumbnails/3f2beb84-54a2-4aa8-9689-b5addb3af237But this may help --> http://code.google.com/p/emfplugin/ I will be trying it in the next few days. [/quote] OK, I have tried the emfplugin.... 32bit version works, 64bit does not.
it isn't displaying Thumbnails for WMF files
OK, I have tried the emfplugin.... 32bit version works, 64bit does not.
Update: 64bit version now working.
All good, it shows in windows explorer, but not in Corel Connect.