I recently upgraded from X6 to X7. I cannot get the edit bitmap feature to work, it is grayed out. I had this same problem when upgrading from X5 to X6. That problem was rectified by a re-install and reboot. After perusing the forum, I have tried, to no avail the following:
1.) Did a complete uninstall of all Corel products. Ran CCleaner to clean up registry entries. Did a complete reinstall. Rebooted. Did not fix.
2.) Went into both Corel Photo-Paint and CorelDraw and reset the "Associate" file extensions under Tools/Options. Made sure that CPT was selected in Corel Photo-Paint. Double checked the association in Windows explorer. Did not fix.
3.) Reset my workspaces (F8) command during start-up. Did not fix.
4.) Removed my workspaces under C:\Users\sccarter.DDS\AppData\Roaming\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7\Draw\Workspace. Restarted CorelDraw. Did not fix.
5.) Uninstalled Corel Windows Shell. Reinstalled Corel under custom options and installed the shell. Did not fix.
6.) Waved my magic wand, did a chant, said a prayer. Did not fix.
I am running Windows 7, 64 bit version of x7.
If any other users have experienced this same problem and was able to fix it, please forward the magic potion to me... it would be much appreciated!
Hi George,
Thanks for the advice, but I tried that and that was documented in my initial post.
"3.) Reset my workspaces (F8) command during start-up. Did not fix."
I really appreciate the response on this issue and the guidance. I personally think this has something to do with the registry entries...
If I can't figure this out in the next day or so, I may try sacrificing a chicken...
When you select the bitmap you want to edit, what shows in the status line?
If it says "bitmap object" then you must do edit > convert to bitmap before it will enable the edit bitmap option.
Hello HarryLondon,
The object is in fact a bitmap and not an OLE object pasted into Corel. For example, I take a vector polygon, convert it to bitmap in Corel (edit/convert to bitmap, select the object, and the "edit bitmap" is still grayed out.
Just to let you know, I have been using CorelDraw since version 4 (1994). I have only had this happen once before and that was going from version X5 to X6.
I am running Windows 7, 64 bit version of Corel.
Thanks.
If you double click on a CPT file in windows explorer, does that open correctly ?
Hello harryLondon,
It does, files are associated properly in Windows, as well as in PP under tools/options/Global/filters/associate.