I just installed coreldraw 8 on my PC with Vista. I try to save a project and it locks up. Won't let me create a folder to save it in. 8 ran just fine on my PC with XP. Does anyone have any suggestions to help fix the problem. Any help would be much appreciated. I need to get some jobs out, and I can't with it acting up.
Upgrade.
Corel 8 isn't Vista certified.
Corel ROCKS !
Seriously, I consider everything past Corel 8 a downgrade. I`ve been using Corel 8 for ten-odd years. In that time, I tried free trials of 9, 10, 12, along with the new X4, and I always went back to 8. The photopaint 8 desktop isn`t obstructing like the newer versions, and the pop-up window is far more informative than that of the later versions (see the text module in the picture below). The only way I would purchase a newer version of Corel would be if it was possible switch the desktop to the Corel 8 layout.
Rev, i totally understand your frustration, Vista is causing me a ton of fits too.
But wanting Corel 8 to ever be Vista certified, is a lost cause.
That version is 10 years old. You've got to bite the bullet and move on.
I don't mean to be presumptuous, but maybe you're just not giving the newer, better, faster, easier versions a fair shake.
Personally, I've been using Corel since version 3. I've upgraded faithfully, except I skipped 10, for some reason.
I'm not a big fan of abrupt, forced change, either. We all get very, very comfortable with the version we use everyday.
What I do, and have always done, is to install the newer version right along side of the older one.
I still use the old one, but open the new one whenever I get a chance and play around.
Before I know it, the old version gets "old" and the new version ROCKS.
On my Vista computer, I have X3 and X4 installed. Started using X3 and now hardly open it because I'm comfortable with X4.
On my XP's, I still have versions 7, 11, 12 and X3 installed.
I have 7 still because it's the only version that works with a sily cutter macro that I love.
I open version 7 to send .plt files to my cutter. Period.
There are so many, many vast improvements, especially with the introduction of X3, that I literally cringe thinking about using version 7 to actually do work in.
Again, I don't mean to be presumptuous. But I have a feeling you're just not giving the newer versions a chance. The new tools you are missing and the new interface are very helpful. Trust me, they really are.
Trying free trials just doesn't always cut it. You only get 15 or 30 days to introduce yourself to a new product. Sometimes that just not enough of time.
In my humble opinion, even if you decided to ditch Vista, I still think you're might be making a big mistake not giving X4 (or at least X3) a fling.
Give it a chance.
I gave X4 a fair shake, and I hate it. I mean no disrespect, but I don't need people telling what I should and should not use. I enjoy Corel 8, I want to keep using it, and that's all there is to it.
It looks like I'll be downgrading to XP (or should I say upgrading to XP)
Well.....................excuse me.
Certainly didn't mean to ruffle your feathers.
Pointing out the pitfalls of working with a 10 year old piece of software and offering an option, doesn't seem all that unreasonable to me.
Good luck to you.
Sorry to disagree with you, but I still believe X4 is lousier than my "10 year old piece of software".... by the same account Visa is worst than XP (both have extra fluff I don't need). Newer doesn't necessarily mean better.
Don't sweat it, Diane.
You were perfectly reasonable.
Distilled to its essence: "I have a piece of software 6 versions old designed for an operating system 4 versions old and it won't work. I haven't paid a dime for support or purchased a new program in ten years. Fix it-for free and don't give me advice."
Perhaps an old text-based bulletin board support group could help you better…
I normally don't like approaching these discussions with sarcasm but really look at what you are saying and to whom you are saying it.
Good luck on your wait for a patch on CD version 8and continued XP support. In three years, when MS has SP2'd Vista and the new Windows version is past SP1, you won't find XP support anywhere.
As you 've found out Ver 8 is dead in modern operating systems. When you finally are forced to use something newer and buy a new version of Draw how many versions back will it open your file? If you come on board finally with Windows 7 and CD X6 what are the odds your version 8 file will still even open? Slim! Some incremental upgrading is required to increase the odds your file will be readable in the future.
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Last time I checked this forum section was called "Older versions of CorelDRAW", NOT "Upgrade to X4 or get crapped-on".
Rikk Flohr:with Windows 7 and CD X6
in 18 months it's going to be multi-touch! ... display manufacturers are going to have make some sort of silicon surface for monitors to control the mess of handprints and streaks.
Thanks Ted. I appreciate your understanding. I'm most comfortable with the v8 layout. I did notice,, however, that X4 allows the user to switch the workspace to resemble Photoshop. I really wish Corel could offer a "classic" workspace option for its x4 platform as well.
I switched my vista layout to the classic mode, it's a shame more programs don't offer that feature. As it stands, X4 is too fluffy for my liking.
i'm w/u all the way, theyjust push more expensive uneeded junk on us all the time, and i too love corel 8. what u can do is start a doc in c8 in xp in a flash drive, then u can alwus work on the drive in any os...
I also love Corel 8, so much so that I have a Windows 95 computer specifically for it to run on.
I tried installing it on a new Vista computer. Nothing.
Then I got two new Windows 7 comptuers and have installed 8 on them. 8 actually works on them, but, unfortunately, when 8 works on Windows 7, lots of others things don't, like Word 2010, Excel 2010, and pop-up windows on various web sites that I visit regularly.
So my Windows 95 computer remains, doing nothing but Corel 8, and very slowly.
If Corel had a leasing option like Adobe does, I'd happily lease the new CorelDraw, but I just can't afford it otherwise.