Saturday, October 12, 2019
Coreldraw 12 on Windows 10 - it works!
You CAN run Coreldraw12 on Windows 10 - but not in the obvious way.
Install Coreldraw12 normally.
Try opening Coreldaw12 from the program icon and it will fail with a popup saying "1: Failed to install ISKernel Files".
Don't panic. Close that down. Use File Explorer to find any old version-12 (or earlier) cdr drawing file. Double-click on that to open the drawing - Windows 10 will have the file association set to Coreldaw12 and - if your setup is like mine -the file will open, edit, save and print absolutely fine.
So, make a copy of that old file and rename it BLANK12.cdr
Open that copy file, remove all content, and save it.
Then, to use Coreldraw 12, open BLANK12.cdr, immediately save it with the new file name, and off you go!
Install Coreldraw12 normally.
Try opening Coreldaw12 from the program icon and it will fail with a popup saying "1: Failed to install ISKernel Files".
Don't panic. Close that down. Use File Explorer to find any old version-12 (or earlier) cdr drawing file. Double-click on that to open the drawing - Windows 10 will have the file association set to Coreldaw12 and - if your setup is like mine -the file will open, edit, save and print absolutely fine.
So, make a copy of that old file and rename it BLANK12.cdr
Open that copy file, remove all content, and save it.
Then, to use Coreldraw 12, open BLANK12.cdr, immediately save it with the new file name, and off you go!
