Photo and Graphics Designer - Can I really only use 12 percent of my memory?

[Forumarian]

Lol yes of course I have 64bit windows, I may have overlooked the lack of 64bit in P&G Designer but I'm not silly enough to overlook it for the OS.

I was just wondering if I used the patcher the patch the 32bit exe to enable it to use 4gb whether I might find that I cannot use Xara P&G because some sort of anti piracy measure thinks incorrectly that it's a crack since the original exe has changed, could this be an issue? I don't want to be stuck unable to access my files. Has anyone used the 4gb memory patcher succcessfully?

I might find 4gb is enough for at least a few months more.

[steve.ledger]

Just create a backup copy of the PhotoGraphicDesigner.exe before you patch it. If all goes pear shaped you can delete it and use the backup.
(The patcher will create a backup also and name it PhotoGraphicDesigner.exe.Backup)

[Forumarian]

Ok it seems to have worked, I opened a few files and got the ram usage up to 2.7gb

So thanks to gwpriester for the idea.

Now I'll be able to take my time and decide what to do in a few months.
It's a shame XDP doesn't have image linking as well as embedding because I'd still have long save times even if I upgraded to it.