I have Corel Draw 7 (1998) and the Photo-Paint 7 part fails to open a file when right clicking on the file if the filename or folder name has a blank in it. The error message is file xxx not found. Where xxx is the first part of the name up to the blank. It works OK if the full file name does not have blanks.
This was not a problem till recently and Corel Draw 7 does not have the problem.
The same file can be opened from within the program.
My computer OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1.
First of all, CorelDRAW 7.0 is not the same than CorelDRAW X7 (version 17.0 / 17.2), so this post is not on the right place. There's no problem about this, just the mention is because some people confuse CorelDRAW 7 with CorelDRAW X7
Second, remember than version 7.0 was created for run under Windows 95 altough it can run also under Windows 98, XP or Windows 7, but the filename under older versions of windows should be 8 characters, without space, a dot and the file extension (ie sunrise.cdr or summer.cpt). This is only a problem of compatibilty, since Windows 7 allows to use very long file names with space between words. It's just a matter of compatibility. You should use short names without space on your CorelDRAW 7.0 files
The point is that it has been working under Windows 7 until recently and most of my file & folder names have always had spaces in them. So what could have changed that?
Also, what forum should I be posting in?
Hello Brian; It doesn't matter about where you post, it is just better for getting some replies. the old file system, it was best to use a underscore in a blank space. And a program that old is best run in XP mode if you have at least Windows Pro. I have used ver. 7 years back, and you would really like X7, it is Very nice, and getting better with every patch. You can try to run a registry cleaner, and Corel may need to be Reset.
George
Brian4882 said:it has been working under Windows 7 until recently
The most likely reason for that is that a windows update has somehow changed the way that windows processes filenames.
But the first thing we have to do is to clarify whether you are really using version 7 (a very old version of the program from 1996) or X7 (the current version). If you're not sure, help > about CorelDraw will show the version and also confirm whether you have the latest updates to it.
I have already tried System restore to a time when all was well, but that didn't solve the problem. Since then of course Windows has automatically updated.
It is version 7.467 which I bought when it first came out. The CD is called Corel Draw 7 Select and is an OEM version.