Coreldraw 8?

[alpmeadow]

Golden Greetings
A newby with an old problem. I have an old version Coreldraw8 that worked well with w98 however it never loaded properly on my XP computer so it was dumped and I have adobe cs2. What tricks are needed to load coreldraw8 successfully onto a xp machine?(I started with coreldraw3 many years ago). CW seems to like coreldraw, and it sure had alot of clipart with it.

I fear the day when I get a new vista computer and sees what it will do to my old software and its graphics conflicts!

Thanks for your knowledge and assistance.
Cheers
alpmeadow

[eromran]

Golden Greetings
A newby with an old problem. I have an old version Coreldraw8 that worked well with w98 however it never loaded properly on my XP computer so it was dumped and I have adobe cs2. What tricks are needed to load coreldraw8 successfully onto a xp machine?(I started with coreldraw3 many years ago). CW seems to like coreldraw, and it sure had alot of clipart with it.

I fear the day when I get a new vista computer and sees what it will do to my old software and its graphics conflicts!

Thanks for your knowledge and assistance.
Cheers
alpmeadowI have Corel 8 along with the newer corel loaded on my computor now (windows XP On a Sony Vaio) and have never had a problem but some can't install corel 8 maybe try reinstalling it which you probally already have. Google "coreldraw 8 xp" there is a lot of info on it what can and can't do. Hope this helps.

[alpmeadow]

Yeah eromran!
I'm glad it works for you! Thanks I will search for a more friendly method to load C8.
Cheers

[eromran]

Yeah eromran!
I'm glad it works for you! Thanks I will search for a more friendly method to load C8.
CheersI'm glad it works also. I'm not understanding your comment.

[Amonaug]

Is it that it won't install at all or just won't run after it's installed?

I'm running XP64 and have no problems either. If it just won't run then try compatibility mode.

[alpmeadow]

Sorry for the confusion. I'm glad C8 works for you on XP. There is hope for me. It didn't for me though, it would freeze or crash when I tried it some time ago. My search for C8 & XP yielded the following,

"right mouse click on the CorelDRW.exe file in Windows Explorer; choose Properties at the bottom of the dialogue box; Choose the Compatibility tab; click the box for "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" ; choose the one you want to try from the drop down menu... don't hold out too much hope for this working but it's worth a try if things don't work after you've cleaned the machine up thoroughly."

I am trying to cleanup the computer before I try this method above.
Cheers
alpmeadow