Corel Draw X5 import preview

[Darth TNFAT]

Hi.

I stumbled upon your forum tonight while looking into a problem I am having with my Corel Draw X5.

You all seem to know your stuff so I joined to pick your brains.

I have been using Corel Draw since version 3. For some reason I have always found the odd numbered versions to be better than the even numbered ones.

I just updated to X5 from 11 and am having an issue.
When I import a picture for some reason I do not see the picture in the import frame or the preview. I only see the generic icon.

They are nothing special. Just regular JPG files that are not corrupt or modified. I have tried with numerous different files. No luck?

I see them in my Photoshop previews, and with picassa previews. If I right click on the file and ask for a preview it opens up picassa and shows the picture.
Very odd.

My break down is as follows:
Win 7 32 bit ( I just upgraded a week ago from XP)
Corel Draw X5
4 megs of ram
Nvidia card 7300

Does anyone here have an idea? Can you help?
While this is not a major issue (just a pain) any help will be greatly apperciated.

Thanks.
Scott

[iamtheblues]

Hi Scott and welcome to the forum. As you can see from my attachment, things seem OK here (except for the .psd file). Possibly a Windows setting causing the problem? Wiser heads than mine are sure to be along to help ere long.
I reckon you're right about the odd-numbered releases being better than the even ones.
Bob.

[Darth TNFAT]

Thanks for the reply.
I was looking at the problem from the wrong direction. I was thinking it was a Corel issue.
Your post gave me the clue that it may have been a Windows problem.

Since I am new to Windows 7, I just upgraded from Xp and I use Linux 95% of the time.
I did a search and found this http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rextang/arch...7/9886672.aspx

It gave me my answer and all is working great now.
Thanks for the help.

[iamtheblues]

Good detective work - glad you have sorted it out.
Bob.