Unfortunately earlier this year my system crashed and since it was some 12 yrs old I bought a new one with W10.
As much as I'd like to I cannot afford CDraw graphics suite 2017 x64 W10 version and even if I did I've been told by Corel support that my present .CDR files (XP) are not compatible with W10 ver. CRGS2017.
So, having only XP ver CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12.0. I am hoping that someone has come up with a way to install a working XP ver. in W10.
Sincerely
Carroll
In my years of working with PCs I became acutely aware that you should never trust the word of a software manufacturer about how easy it is to install, to use, how updating is no problem and seamless integration with their other software, no problem. Well BS to that.
Besides my home PC, in my job, about every 2 weeks, we'd all get an email that software was going to be updated over the weekend. When you come back on Monday, just start your PCs like you always do and you will have no problems after that.
By afternoon and into the next day, the tech people usually had most of our PCs up and running by then. All of us used to have a big laugh when we saw the memo on Friday. Good luck with it all Kelly.
Hi Kelly
From the last time we talked you were going to uninstall XP CD 12 and then reinstall it. So I'm wondering if you did nd what was the outcome?
I did try that and there was NO improvement. Win 10 has put this to bed. I have talked with the Corel folks online about the upgrade version of Corel 2018. From what they are saying the upgrade version can be used with CD12. As long as you have an original disk of CD 12 the upgrade version will get you up to speed. During the online session they asked me several questions and for the original serial number to verify the compatibility. They seem positive that the upgrade version would take care of everything since it is Win10 capable. The upgrade version is $179.00 which isnt much more than I paid for the original CD12, so Im gonna take that plunge. Ill let you know how it works out as soon as I get it.
Hi Kelly. Just wondering how the latest experiment went with the upgrade of CD12 version.
Hey Carroll....I tried several re-installs but just could never get it to work correctly. The issues I was having and the fact that I just couldn't use it the way I needed to with other newer programs made me go ahead and take the plunge and buy the upgrade version. Since I had registered my original CD12 when I first bought it and still had the original disks I was able to upgrade to CD2018 directly from Corel for $179.00....and I couldn't be happier, everything I was trying to do before but couldn't suddenly worked effortlessly. I could have sure saved myself a lot of headaches if I had done it before. Take my advice and take the plunge, CD 2019 is available now.