Since today, I get the error mentioned in the subject when trying to open Corel Draw X5 (part of Suite X5). Running on WinXP. No previous problems. But I do think that it recently installed an automatic update.
Is there a fix for this issue? I tried Repair (via Control Panel), but it did not work.
Regards,
Wiep Klaas
Sounds like a corrupt workspace.
Pressing the <F8> key during startup of the program will allow the workspace to be reset to defaults. If you have customized yours those changes will be lost, but it will probably solve the issue.
Hope it helps
Andy
Dear Andy,
Thanks for your reply, but the trick does not work (error appears immediately, before being able to press F8; pressing F8 before starting and during starting the program does not prevent the error).
Hoping for another solution (other than uninstall and reinstall; I am on a work pc and had to move mountains to get CDR installed, and it will take ages if I will have to ask ICT to reinstall).
Hello wksmits; It sounds like you are running "Windows 7" 64bit, and a Windows up-date may have listed Corel as a 32 bit program ( which it is ) why don't you try it and see if you have any problems othere than waiting for the "Virtual" drive to start, and it may help with any othere problems in Corel.
My Thoughts George
Hi George,
As mentioned, I am running WinXP, not Win7 (64bit), so that's not the issue.
After reading up, I found that the error indeed relates to a recent update. Going back, I looked for a SP(3) for my version of X5, and downloaded the SP3 file (CDGSX5SP3.exe) and installed it. I took care to manually select the language of the original installation. After this, software went back to normal.
I believe the previous update was an automatic one, and it seems it may have defaulted to the language of my location (NL) rather than the installed version of Corel. I believe this may have caused an error. If this is the case, it would be a bug in the automatic update routine of the software.
Anyway, I am glad things are back to working.
Hope this is helpful to others with the same issue.