Corel PaintShop Pro X8 Service Pack 1

[dmart7]

Thank you Simone. Nice to know that someone out there acknowledges that this problem hasn't gone away, that it afflicts SP2 in the same way, and a solution is being sought. I've sent a PM

David M

[Simone Corel UK]

@ to all with the text issue (text is missing in menus) that came with SP 1 and was not solved in SP2:

We have finally nailed down the cause of the issue and released a fix.

For all customers who use PSPX8.0, please follow these steps:

Download SP 2 for PSPX8 from here:
http://www.paintshoppro.com/en/support/ ... duct-tab=0

Download the PSPX8.2_Text-missing.exe
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwT28 ... 3NmNHZ1YkE

1. Install SP 2 for PSPX8
2. Install PSPX8.2_Text-missing.exe

[globeguy]

Thanks Simone.

I installed SP2 earlier this week and found it had not solved the problem with text disappearing from the menus for me. But now I have installed the additional "Text-missing" hotfix mentioned here and all is well. I now have a usable version of PSP8 with SP2 and the hotfix. Thank you for your efforts in helping to get this problem resolved.

John.

[Simone Corel UK]

Many thanks, John and all other text missing victims for your patience.

[angelindiskies]

I've read through most of the replies and didn't see a solution... I purchased an Intuos Photo WACOM tablet that came with a Corel software bundle ( PSP x8 and Aftershot 2)

I have not been able to install SP1 or SP2... i receive the same message each time
"No update of your installed software is required at this time".

I've tried downloading a trial version of PSP x8 and using my key but comes up as invalid. I can only use it for software bundle install.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Kathy_9]

Please go to Help -> About and tell us what your version number is. It's possible that your bundle already has the SP's included. If not, they can be manually downloaded from here http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=55803

[Chines]

I've managed to NOT get any more ads when loading or closing.. Now does someone have any idea how to get rid of the ads in the brush menu? Yeah, I think I'm done buying PSPP now after all these years.. Ridiculous..

[JoeB]

I've managed to NOT get any more ads when loading or closing.. Now does someone have any idea how to get rid of the ads in the brush menu? Yeah, I think I'm done buying PSPP now after all these years.. Ridiculous..

The solution was posted in this thread:
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... &start=150

And here's a copy of the post:

Postby csh2000 » Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:34 pm

Corel has no plans to stop the in app advertisements that they have forced upon us. Found a workaround, however it will leave a blank spot where the advertisements once appeared. Under C:ProgramData/Corel/Corel PaintShop Pro X8/IPP , replace "storeData.json" with a empty file by same name and change the attributes to " read only".

I also, added 127.0.0.1 ipp.corel.com to my hosts file, although not sure if this was necessary.

In addition, I plan on writing a letter to the CEO (Patrick Nichols) to express my displeasure that his company has taken upon themselves to force nagware on those of us that have purchased his fine product. I really do like PaintShop, but I don't enjoy spending my hard earned money every year for advertisements.

Hope this helps,

Chip

There is another message delivery system Corel uses also, I believe, not counting the one in the Brushes dialogue. To turn those off just go to Help>Message Preferences and uncheck the boxes.