Need help very badly. Am very, well... poor. I absolutely cannot afford to upgrade. I have been using CorelDRAW 8 for years and I absolutely LOVE the program. I am an artist, however unsuccessful, but I love what I do. My computer died a while ago, and I didn't have money for another. I went without for months, and then an acquaintance gave me a computer. It was an old one of his, although it was newer than mine had been. He put together a very nice system for me with Windows XP, and I am eternally grateful. However, for whatever reason, my old and always reliable CorelDRAW 8 suite won't work on this new computer. It installs, and it doesn't say there are any issues, but when I try to open a document in Corel DRAW, or when I try to Save As in Corel PhotoPaint... they freeze, and then shut down. At first I thought it was because I had both programs open at the same time, so I tried to just work with one at a time, but they still freeze and close without saving. The thing is... my old computer had Windows XP on it too. So, why wouldn't it work now? I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program 3 times, all to no avail. We thought that perhaps the problem was that my old computer had Windows XP Home on it, and this one had XP Pro, so we downgraded to XP Home, but that didn't work either.
I know everyone hates sob stories, but I am literally in tears over this. I suffer from Panic Disorder and as a result, am confined to my home most of the time. My computer and my art work are all that I have - my only true happiness, and CorelDRAW is SO important to me. Does anyone have ANY ideas on how to remedy my problem? Remember - I have zero dollars. And unfortunately, I finally have a store interested in carrying a line of my greeting cards. I have designed the greeting cards in CorelDRAW 8, but they are not complete, and this store is waiting for me to finish them. I have a flexible deadline, but a deadline nonetheless! I also have a commitment to a local charity, the completion of which also depends on Corel DRAW. Help!!! Somebody! Anybody!!! Please!
I am glad that you have it working on your system.
good morning Hugh---------
Guess what???
I bought a used DELL Precision m65 laptop from work...
Installed my Corel8.....
The Draw program works and saves files------but PhotoPaint will not Save; not will it open any files. Either of these actions will bring up the associated window pane, and the program freezes. Same circumstances as Adrianna- loaded the program twice and no error messages during or upon completion of program install.
Your solution for Adrianna sounds terrific! I have to say that I thought I had explored every right-click and side widget there was in the thirty years I have been using 8, and have never seen the one you suggested to Adrianna (I guess because I never had to?)
Could you please describe this process for me- if you have a moment or two.
Thank you very much
I'm starting to sound like a broken recorder here now.
Have you tried resetting the Workspace for Photopaint?
Don't know if this applies to Version 8 though.
Hold F8 while the program starts to invoke the reset to default workspace.
Hi.
Also...
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I will give this a shot this evening!
Thank you, friends of Corel Community