Today I tried to open a file that I created recently in X4 and it will not open. Arrrggghhh.
I tried opening some other .cdr files and it appears that anything I've created since about June 19, 2009 will not open. The error message when I click on Open looks like this:
Looking at the problem .cdr files in Windows Explorer they have no preview like the older .cdr files that are okay. Also no preview or file information in the Open dialog box either.
So...there are eight files total I cannot open. Two of them I need a.s.a.p., the other six are no loss. I have attached one of problem files (the one I need the most) to see if anyone can figure out what's going on.
I have already used F8 to reset CD. Files saved from that point on are okay, but I still cannot open the problem files. I have NO CLUE what might have corrupted them. Here's the weird thing. Before I used F8, I could open them from the File menu recent file list, but now that I have reset to defaults they are of course gone from the list.
I'm a long-time Corel user and I have never encountered this before, so any help would be most appreciated!
Patti
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FosterCoburn: ...Or did you wade through the right-click menus to specifically point to the exe file for CorelDRAW 9? No idea why it didn't work before and why it did work using this convoluted method, but the good news is that it worked!
Yep, that's what I did. All the files in question had the default X4 icon (just no preview). I haven't had to reinstall v. 9 since I've had this computer and installed it then along with WordPerfect Suite 9. I don't use v.9 much except to occasionally use an old Isocalc macro called Radit or when a student using it has a question. I'm going for a new system once Windows 7 is out and I probably will leave v. 9 behind.
Weird. I downloaded your file. I couldn't open it and now I cannot delete it from my desktop. If I try throwing it to the recycle bin, my system will hang. I've even tried a Force Deletion utility, to no avail. What kind of evil was lurking inside your file? = (
_mosh
Mosh: Weird. I downloaded your file. I couldn't open it and now I cannot delete it from my desktop. If I try throwing it to the recycle bin, my system will hang. I've even tried a Force Deletion utility, to no avail. What kind of evil was lurking inside your file? = (
Hi Mosh, Have tried the Unlocker ?
Peace I-)