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Registry Hack Fixes Corel DRAW X3 Crash
I’ve been trying to get CorelDraw X3 working on a PC to edit .svg files for a project (wow, the svg format is cool). For some reason, it’s arguing with this PC, although it works fine on another (much slower) of mine. Every time I go to the file open menu it brings up a crash report dialog box. I can cancel the dialog and the program continues running fine – after it appears 3 more (total 4) times.
I love this application, but what in the world is with this? I finally tried the obvious, duh approach to finding a solution: google it. I quickly found a page with a proposed fix (from a user with a serious chip on his shoulder).
..You must launch regedit (ALT+R or START->RUN and type regedit and press enter) and go to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32]
and change NoFileMru from 0×00000001 to 0×00000000
Registry hacking? Oh, brother. However, it worked. Problem solved. Application running normally again.
Since that person’s post saved me grief, I’m paying it forward. You can do the preceding registry hack much faster by using a .reg file. Download the following text (.txt) file, rename the extension to .reg, then double-click it. If Windows doesn’t report successfully importing the information into the registry, try right-clicking the file and then clicking “merge”. These instructions are for a Windows XP account with Administrator rights; Vista users may need to disable User Account Control or run it as an Administrator or whatever.
Registry Fix file (.txt to rename as .reg)
