"not enough memory" / "Out of Tiles" fix for Poser, Painter, ArtDabbler, Fontographer, ...

This is the third version in my quest to fix some old Metacreations products. For people interested in the history, take a look at The first Painter Fix and the First Generic Metacreations Fix

This version solves an additional problem "Tiles: Out of Tiles" error and it will also work when Painter is installed on a 64 bit OS.
To find out why you were receiving the "Not enough memory" problem, take a look at the previous pages referenced earlier. The "Out of Tiles" problem was caused by a similar issue. For some reason Painter wanted to determine if there was still enough memory available on the system, so they asked Windows for the available memory. However, the return value from that call was improperly evaluated (way back when the program was written, the evaluation was properly good enough, but it dramatically fails with larger systems). Therefore I wrote another variant of the fix that not only fools the executable about the pagefile size but does the same for free memory, etc ... in such a way that the executable would never know in case more than 1 Gb of memory is available. The benefit is that you will be able to use all resources at your disposal, and the program will still work correctly.

I would like to know if the fix works for other programs then mentioned so far, so please leave a note below if you find another product not mentioned on this page.

Download

You can download the zip file here.

If this works for you and you find it worthwhile, feel free to donate something for it using Paypal or your credit card. Just to give you an idea, most people donate between 5 and 10 USD, 4 and 8 Euro or 700 and 1400 Yen.

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Installation

The installation method has changed compared to the previous fixes. If you have previously installed another fix, make sure to read "Upgrading" below after reading this section.

Determine the installation directory of the program you wish to fix. To find the installation directory, goto the start menu in Explorer and instead launching Painter (or any other metacreations program), click with the right mouse button and select properties in the pop-up menu).
You should see a window similar to the one shown below. The installation directory is shown in the "Start In" field.
Unzip the fix in this installation directory (if you have a previous version of the fix installed, this will write a new intercept.dll -- to do this the program started with the previous fix must be stopped). Then open a command prompt in this directory. If you have Painter Classic installed, a "dir" should return something similar to what you see below.
To install (activate) the fix, type:
```
fixit PClassic.exe
```
Of course if you are not patching Painter Classic, use the "Target" (executable) shown in the property display. You will have to repeat this step if you install an upgrade of the program later.
The patch is now installed. The only thing you need to do is test is. You can do that by either typing the program name in the command prompt or by launching the program from the start menu.
If the fix doesn't work or you wish to uninstall (remove) the fix, type
```
fixit /r PClassic.exe
```
.

Step by Step Installation Instructions

I've had a lot of question for people who needed a more detailed step by step installation guide. I hope this section will be clear to everyone on how to get the fix installed.

You should be able to find this window I hope, if not, simply right click on the program you wish to patch and select properties from the drop down menu.
The “Start in” indicates the startup directory, in my case C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Painter Classic
The next step is making sure all the files in the fix end up in this installation directory, so you download the fix (the zip file) and extract the files contained in it.
Then you select all the files from the zip file like shown below (Edit -> Select All menu option in explorer)
And you select Edit -> Copy to folder … from the explorer menu.
This will prompt you for the target folder and you select the Startup folder where Painter is installed (in my case C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Painter Classic)
Like shown below
At this point the fix is installed but not activated yet, so let’s show how you need to do that …
The next step is opening up a command prompt.
There are a couple of ways to get there
Either click on Start and All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt
Or click on Start, select “Run …” and type “cmd” in the input box like shown below
Note:If you end up on a different drive than where Painter is installed (In my case I’m on the C: drive – first two characters in the path shown before the prompt), you have to change drive first, to do this type the drive letter in the Target where painter is installed … In my case Painter was installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Painter Classic, which is on drive C: (note the first two characters are C:) and I am already on drive C:, so that’s fine.

If painter is installed on drive D: for example, just type “D:” (without the quotes) and follow the rest of the instructions.
You should have a window like the one below in front of you now.
The next step is going to the directory where Painter is installed. In my case go to the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Painter Classic
So you type

cd “C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Painter Classic”
Once you are there, you only have to type fixit followed by the name of the Painter Executable (which is the selected part of the “Target” in the properties screen), Pclassic.exe in this case (as you can see in the first screenshot in this Step By Step instruction)
And now you are done, the executable is “patched” and should run without the memory problem.

Upgrading from a previous fix

If you already have an older fix installed then you will notice the model has changed from modifying the filename New_PClassic.exe and then launching that executable. The "fixit" method I'm introducing now actually modifies the target executable. Hopefully this makes it easier for people to use it. However, there is one downside and that is that this fix will have to be reapplied every time you install a patch for your favorite program (although it's very unlikely we will still see patches for those programs, except the patches I'm providing). Therefore, you can remove your "New_PClassic" program from the old patch after installing this patch. Also, it's completely useless to patch the New_PClassic.exe file or so ... just follow the instructions above and you should be fine!

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-- Geert De Peuter

User Comments

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Sorry ,I must have tried this a dozen times but each time I get the following in the command prompt-
'fixit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.

Thank you so much for putting time into these fixes!

Is there any way I could download or buy Art Dabbler 2.1?
I already have a licence code but have misplaced my disk!

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Tried the fix with Painter 6...this is the result

\"Adding intercept.dll to to binary files.
Painter
Couldn\'t open input file: painter, error: 2
6:
Couldn\'t open input file: 6, error 2\"

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Works for painter 7 on winXP

FIXED: Fractal Design Painter 5.0.1 (1996) on XP Pro SP2, Xeon, 2GB RAM. Geert, you're a genius! Thank you very much!!!

works great for my xp sp3 with painter classic, 2gb ram. thanks loads!

I have been trying to get this program to work for a long time, everywhere I went I was told there was no fix. Your fix works fine. I once did some programing but was not clever enough for this kind of stuff although I do understand what you did but not how to do it. Thanks!

After installing this patch, when I tried to save a file in Painter Classic I got an error message that there was insufficient disc space on C: even though of course I had plenty. I was able to save the file to a camera card in a USB card reader, though, and after doing that, for some reason I was able to save it to C: as well, and saves have continued to work fine since then. Just thought I'd mention this as something people can try if they get the same message.

Many thanks for this.. Fontographer is a program I use once in a blue moon - but when you need it (in this case to adapt a backwards font for a Space Invader cabinet project where everything is vertical & backwards..) it's invaluable.. thanks for the lease of life, and the clear instructions. Cheers.

Wow! Thanks for the excellent patch and step by step instructions. It worked on my Windows XP Professional setup. You have made me very happy tonight! Check your pay pal for a tip. :)

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Thank you so much.

will this work for metacreation stationery

thanks
woodrose

Hi, I upgraded my desktop computer with Asus P5Ql Pro motherboard with Intel core duo processor and 2 GB of memory. My old Painter 5,5 stopped to work, but this fix helped to revitalize it. Many thanks!
Paavo

So I tried this for Windows 7 with no luck. Installed it correctly, but I am still getting the not enough memory error.
I tried using their compatibility settings, to windows xp and it works but I get no pressure sensitivity which make the program totally unusable for me.
I have commissions coming up and would be super happy if this program worked. As it is, I think I have way less hair than I started out with.

Thanks,
Jodee

Aaah. I missed the comment below mine. Running as administrator works! Hooray!!

I've had some problems installing the patch. Here is the lines from the command prompt. Maybe this can assist you in explaining to me what may have gone wrong.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Painter 7>fixit painter7.exe
Adding intercept.dll to binary files.
painter7.exe:
intercept.dll
ASI32_14.dll -> ASI32_14.dll
KERNEL32.dll -> KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll -> USER32.dll
GDI32.dll -> GDI32.dll
comdlg32.dll -> comdlg32.dll
ADVAPI32.dll -> ADVAPI32.dll
SHELL32.dll -> SHELL32.dll
AVIFIL32.dll -> AVIFIL32.dll
WSOCK32.dll -> WSOCK32.dll
WINMM.dll -> WINMM.dll
MPR.dll -> MPR.dll
ole32.dll -> ole32.dll
VERSION.dll -> VERSION.dll
Error: Couldn't back up painter7.exe to painter7.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install painter7.exe# as painter7.exe: 183

C:\Program Files (x86)\Painter 7>

I ended up removing it and got a similar error at the bottom.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Painter 7>fixit /r painter7.exe
Removing extra DLLs from binary files.
painter7.exe:
ASI32_14.dll -> ASI32_14.dll
KERNEL32.dll -> KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll -> USER32.dll
GDI32.dll -> GDI32.dll
comdlg32.dll -> comdlg32.dll
ADVAPI32.dll -> ADVAPI32.dll
SHELL32.dll -> SHELL32.dll
AVIFIL32.dll -> AVIFIL32.dll
WSOCK32.dll -> WSOCK32.dll
WINMM.dll -> WINMM.dll
MPR.dll -> MPR.dll
ole32.dll -> ole32.dll
VERSION.dll -> VERSION.dll
Error: Couldn't back up painter7.exe to painter7.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install painter7.exe# as painter7.exe: 183

I'm running Vista 64 Home Premium if that's any help to you.

Thanks in advance for your efforts on my behalf.

Best,

Paul Anderson
C:\Program Files (x86)\Painter 7>

Hi Geert,

My wife is very happy; she can now use Painter Classic on her newish, Vista'd laptop. My first attempt at using fixit threw up the error messages;

Error: Couldn't back up PClassic.exe to PClassic.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install PClassic.exe# as PClassic.exe: 183

I did as suggested by Brad C: run the Command Prompt \\\"as Administrator\\\"(by right clicking the command prompt icon.)

And it works!

So thank you

works great. bedankt thanks

het werkt prachtig! Bedankt! Thanks!

GREAT, you are a genius i fix pclassic on Vista Home.
Thank you!

Thank you! I thought upgrading to more and faster RAM was a GOOD thing until I saw pieces of Poser 4 missing. Your fix save me from having to buy a new version. Well worth the donation!

Thank you! Had a great deal of illustration work I could no longer access after changing computers some years ago, and thought Painter Classic would be a distant memory.Recently decided to try again and all info seemed to lead to you. Donating with thanks! Christina

Tried to install on Vista Business and got:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\kjh.TECSAVE.000>cd c:\

c:\>cd program*

c:\Program Files>cd painter*

c:\Program Files\Painter Classic>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 1828-CAD7

Directory of c:\Program Files\Painter Classic

09/09/2009 18:14 <DIR> .
09/09/2009 18:14 <DIR> ..
11/02/1998 22:01 1,121,792 ASI32_12.dll
29/12/1992 15:02 25,600 ASIFONT.FON
26/07/1993 11:41 552 asifont.map
16/08/1994 13:58 286 ASIPORT.RSR
02/02/1998 16:52 344,432 Champagne.jpg
02/02/1998 16:49 339,091 Cornucopia.jpg
09/09/2009 18:07 8,919 DeIsL1.isu
30/11/1995 15:51 198,144 JPEG32.DLL
09/09/2009 18:14 <DIR> metacreations_x64_fix
23/01/1998 13:20 7,521,280 Painter.NZL
14/01/1998 14:38 664,695 PAINTER.PAP
23/01/1998 13:15 6,017,024 PAINTER.PTL
18/02/1998 12:07 14,707,509 PClassic.BRS
19/02/1998 12:55 11,991 pclassic.cnt
18/02/1998 22:16 1,694,208 PClassic.exe
19/02/1998 12:58 1,855,974 Pclassic.hlp
13/02/1998 14:30 2,005,983 PClassic.rsr
19/02/1998 14:00 457,370 PClassic.SET
12/02/1998 13:26 3,211,264 PClassic.SSD
09/09/2009 18:07 <DIR> Plugin Brushes
11/02/1998 16:49 9,684,937 PMouse.BRS
16/01/1998 11:54 133,135 PRINTER.STG
19/02/1998 13:18 6,756 Readme.txt
09/09/2009 18:07 <DIR> Tutorial
02/02/1998 15:25 260,203 Wine.jpg
22 File(s) 50,271,145 bytes
5 Dir(s) 30,823,534,592 bytes free

c:\Program Files\Painter Classic>fixit PClassic.exe
'fixit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

c:\Program Files\Painter Classic>fixit PClassic.exe
Adding intercept.dll to binary files.
PClassic.exe:
intercept.dll
USER32.dll -> USER32.dll
KERNEL32.dll -> KERNEL32.dll
GDI32.dll -> GDI32.dll
SHELL32.dll -> SHELL32.dll
ASI32_12.dll -> ASI32_12.dll
JPEG32.dll -> JPEG32.dll
Error: Couldn't back up PClassic.exe to PClassic.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install PClassic.exe# as PClassic.exe: 183

Help!

Excellent work...I am using Painter 6.1 on the PC (Win XP) and I dont like the newer versions of Painter.
I was getting the out of memory and tiles message a fair bit...and I had to resort to drive backups.
I applied your patch when Painter was down (that is whenever I opened it, it showed the above error)
Now it WORKS!!!
AWESOME JOB!!
Thanks you
HMann

Update, I got it. Works great! Many thanks to you.

Many thanks. I am trying to patch Painter5 using XP. In my run command window I start with C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>
I don't know how to change this to C:\Program Files\ Painter 5.0\
Any help?
Ron G.

I had downloaded your software patch some 2 years ago and was amazed that it worked. I returned today to see if there's new stuff and was glad to see that the page is still online. Thanks for making this patch available to all who need it.

Update to my previous post - IT WORKS!!! User Error on my part. I entered the 'Target' wrong. I had it "Painter 6.exe" whenit should've been "Painter6.exe"...not spaces. I'll put Painter 6 thru some paces along with the new updates from Wacom on the Intuos 2 tablet. Will followup later.

Hello

We just got a new pc with Vista 64 and for the heck of it \"loaded\" Painter 6 which did load. I tried your patch and so far no go. I get the \"not enough free memory to run\" message. I\'ll try again or go over the entry to make sure. Thanks anyways for your work.

Work's fine with Painter 5. Thanks a lot!
Peter

Thanks for the fix! My kids are delighted!
Zsolt

The third fix for Painter Classic finally did it! I can save in all the supported file formats without spurious "Not enough room on the disk" errors, at sizes at least 900 X 900. After all these years, I can finally use the bundled program that came with my Wacom Intuos tablet. Great job! Thanks.

I couldn't wait for a response to my previous comment/question. I installed Metacreations Art Dabbler and went ahead and tried fixit with a brand new HP 3.3 GHz dual core CPU with, 4.0 Gb of RAM and Windows XP SP3. It worked like a charm. I especially appreciated your Step by Step Installation Instructions. They made it clear what was going on; much more so than when I tried it 2 years ago. Thank you. Bravo zulu as we say in the Navy.

Tried your original fix 2 years ago, but couldn't make it solve out of memory problem in Art Dabbler. However, found (in 2006) that reducing initial and max size of virtual memory to 756 and 1512 meg allowed Art Dabbler to run without compatibility mode. In this school,newer (2007) HP computers won't run Art Dabbler with any of various virtual memory settings that I tried.
Only difference seems to be that the 2007 computers went to dual core Intel CPU. (2006 was single core.) So I suspect the issue is the cache memory used for buffers.
Do you think your Metacreations Fixit will solve my problem with the HP business desktops with 1.0 gb RAM and dual core CPU?

I have not yet downloaded your fix because I have a question first.
I wish to load and use ArtDabbler2 (was Fractal's at the time), on my newer Laptop HP Pavilion Notebook PC. I have been using it on my much older Gateway PC Windows2000NT.
1) I will need to get a serial to USB adaptor for the ArtPad--I have found some on the internet.
2) I will need to install ArtDabbler2; I still have the disk et al.
3) I will need to download and install your patch.

My questions are:
1. Is it better to download and activate the patch FIRST then load ArtDabbler2?
2. Or is it better to try and load ArtDabbler2? BTW I haven't tried for sometime but I recall it said something about not being supported.
3. The old computer and the laptop are networked, albeit oddly, through a router centered on an even newer Vista machine (yeah that was fun to set up, but onward).
Would it be best to try and load the ArtDabbler via sharing between the old computer and the laptop?

If you could give me the order and point me to corrections of what weirdnes is expected to occur that would be wonderful.
This whole website and your efforts to save us Dabblers is just "awesome great dude". Really, much appreciated. Even I can't get it to work, it gives me hope. Thanks.

Thank you!

The codes to get into the program files and such were a bit different, so I had to use my brain a little. But once I was there and typed in the 'fixit' bit, it did its magic and now I've Corel Painter Classic running.

Thank you.

Works a treat for Poser 4 on Windows XP, you've made my day :-)

Works perfect on fontographer 4.1 for windows XP :) This is awesome! :) Break the 512MB ram limit, all perfect!
Thanks a ton!

This patch does not work on Vista. I still can't get Painter Classic to run.

I have Vista and installed Painter 7 from my older PC with Win XP. At first Painter would not work, but after trying different things I discovered I could save a file by resizing to 600 x 600 pixels but saving a file any larger just did not work. I followed the instructions for your fix, but did not improve after installation. I did receive following messages after applying fix:

Adding intercept.dll to binary files
Error couldn’t backup painter7.exe to painter7.exe~: 5
Error couldn’t install painter 7.exe# as painter7.exe: 183

Thanks anyway. It's great you are able to write these fixes.

Jeanette

Thank you,It worked and I can use Painter 5.5!

My data is below :)

I just download your remedy,even not tried yet,but thanks for new one.(and I didn't have virus alarm this time:))
I once used your older one in my older PC,It worked once in XPsp1,but didn't in sp2.I'll report my result If I can.
---"before" report--
Program-Painter 5.5J(Japanese version) (I still love it absolutely)
will be installed same PC I installed Painter 9.5J.
OS-Windows XP sp3 (Japanese version)
Memory-4G
I hope it will work! if not, I have to use oldest my ibook(Mac OS9)!!

I tried for ages to get this to work, the command prompt wasnt working at all. Eventually i tried the click and drag trick, that worked!!!
I clicked on \'fixit\' application and dragged it over \'Poser exe\' and finally got it working.
I\'m using it for \'Poser 7\' by the way, couldnt get Poser 7 to run for more than several seconds before executable file bug crashed it. Now Poser is working and I\'m off to play, \"woohoo\".
Much thanks for the fix, you\'re a champ :)

Thanks so much for making this patch. Finally Fontographer 4.1 runs under Windows Vista Bizniz.
I am indebted to you

I...I love you. Q_Q Thank you so much for this!

Great. Worked on Fontographer. Many thanks

Unfortunately, unable to make this remedy work. Fairly sure I carried
instructions correctly.

Thanks anyway.

John Lightbourne

Thanks again for the fix!!You\\\'re a life saver. For anyone running Windows Vista Ultimate, You may need to run the Command Prompt \\\"as Administrator\\\"(by right clicking the command prompt icon.) in order for the correct permissions in Windows to write the changes correctly. I had the errors
Error: Couldn\'t back up PClassic.exe to PClassic.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn\'t install PClassic.exe# as PClassic.exe: 183
keep trying!!

I have tried to install this a few times and On a Dell T3400 Dual-Core w/2gb of ram and using WinXP Pro, I have still had problems. I uninstalled the app and got rid of the MetaCreations folder all together, and then reinstalled it fresh. I then updated it to 6.1, and moved the files from the new fix into the Dir., but when I run the install in the Command Prompt, or just by dragging and dropping the app onto the fix (which seems to do the trick), I finally get an error telling me that the PAINTER6.RSR file cannot be found or opened. This is after trying the work around twice, as well as right clicking the \"My Computer and resetting the Virtual Memory to 500Mb and restarting\"..

Got anything else that works?
Curiously enough, An Apple Macbook 2Ghz Dualcore w/ 2gb under bootcamp did not have any of these problems with painter under XP Pro. I just installed it normally, updated it with corel\'s updaters, and it worked! -I wonder what holds it up on a full Windows piece of Hardware..??

Dear Geert,
Thanks for doing all this, but I still encounter a problem
Same for me, the message
Error: Couldn\\\'t back up PClassic.exe to PClassic.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn\\\'t install PClassic.exe# as PClassic.exe: 183
There must be more.. I\'m lost here!

Thanks for figuring this out Mr. Depeuter Painter 6 is my favorite version of the series, this patch was brilliant.

I get this error message when running the \"fixit\" in Vista Ultimate with Norton.
Error: Couldn\'t back up PClassic.exe to PClassic.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn\'t install PClassic.exe# as PClassic.exe: 183

any Ideas, Oh mighty One?

Thank you! I have very little comprehension of exactly what it is you had to write but....IT WORKED....Painter Classic now works. Thankyou thankyou thankyou.

really thanks so so much!!
This fix save my Painter6.
I love you

Big thanks from Russia! Painter works again!

Brilliant - I can now use Poser 3 again! Thanks very much!

Thank you for providing this. Do know it\'s greatly appreciated.
Also, big Thank You for illustrated instructions.

God bless you !
It worked perfectly for my art Dabbler !

Hi blessed Geert,
Thank you for helping me to enjoy again my Pen Tablet. I was thinking about throwing it away!!My hair was going white trying to fix the problem!! Thank you again!!

Thanks a lot. I think this is the reason I've never used Painter before, though I've had it since I bought my tablet years ago. Probably before Google was around, at least that'd explain why I couldn't fix it ;)

Yesterday, my wife wanted to use Fractal Design Dabbler2, which she hadn't used for quite a few years (and a few generations of computers and Windows). It apparently installed properly on our current computer, running Windows XP. However, it failed to start with "Not enough memory".

After a bit of surfing, I found Geert's fix, applied it and thought I had the problem licked. It now starts and most operations seem to work; however, the most useful, freehand drawing, doesn't. I tried Windows 95 compatibility mode and reinstallation, but neither of those helped.

Has anyone gotten Fractal Design Dabbler2, with Geert's fix, to work on Windows XP?

Thanks for any help.

Thank you Thank you Thank you. After using Painter Classic for the past 7 years on my desktop I was devastated when I purchased a Vista laptop and got the dreaded message \"not enough memory\" however thanks to your fix I am now up and running.Thanks again.

This patch tool looks great, but there may be a far simpler fix:

Simply going to the "Compatibility" tab in the program shortcut and choose to run the exe in Windows 95 compatibility mode.

This works flawlessly for me on my 4 Gig Vista system.

I'm running Vista with plenty of memory. I installed Painter 5.5 with your fix on a Windowns XP computer and had no problems. I tried your last fix on Windows Vista, but I got:

Error: Couldn't back up Painter5.exe to Painter5.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install Painter5.exe# as Painter5.exe: 183

Hi Geert,
the patch worked fine for my Art Dabbler 2.1, but it took sometime to work out what I should be doing, I had trouble (as an average everyday PC user with only basic knowledge) understanding some things.
Having cracked it now it's simply a matter of wording.
I was getting the 'fixit' not valid command - until I realised I didn't have it in the art dabbler folder
I was also thrown off the track by thinking that when I had downloaded all I had to do was click on the 'fixit' icon that was included in the download - that produced a dialogue box that caused all my problems
I read the points made in the dialogue box and wrongly believed I had to do some of the things it said - such as change the artdab.exe file name (artdab.exe.exe)
This part was confusing.
I uninstalled and removed manually the Corel & Art Dabbler folders, re-installed and followed your guidelines - WITHOUT clicking on the 'fixit' icon as I had done previously
Then it all made sense, especially once I had used the DIR command after I had switched to the Art Dabbler folder - cd C:\Program Files\Corel\Art Dabbler 2.1
Once I saw the same screen that you have showing in your guidelines it all clicked and it worked fine.
Many thanks.

What a great fix! I haven't been able to run Painter Classic for over a year (since my hard drive crash). Simple install, Thanks!

Ah! It turns out I just needed to disactivate the user account control and then the fix worked!

Thanks!

Thank you it works now! I am using Vista Home Premium, Corel Classic, Wacom Graphire 2. Maybe its easier for people if you include a *.bat file with the instruction(s) \"fixit ...\" in it.

I'm running Vista and have 4 Megs of ram. Oddly enough, when I first got my computer this summer, Painter Classic ran fine, but I had to change the motherboard and it hasn't run since. I tried your last fix, but I got:

Error: Couldn't back up PClassic.exe to PClassic.exe~: 5
Error: Couldn't install PClassic.exe# as PClassic.exe: 183

I tried installing your first fix because someone said it had worked for them, but I got a virus alert! (When I tried to download your 2 first fixes actually.)

12.11.2008
Dear Geert, very many thanks for your detailed instructions, Painter 5 is working now!
But at first as I worked exactly with your instructions and typed "fixit Painter 5.0.exe" I got the following bug report: "Painter: Couldn't open input file: Painter, error: 2" and "5.0exe: Couldn't open input file: 5.0.exe, error: 2". When I connected the words "Painter" and "5.0" to "Painter5.0" I got the same error 2.
I found the mistake myself as follows: I looked under BOOT C: /All Programs/ Painter 5.0 for the exe file and found the name "PAINTER5.EXE". Then I corrected the Command Prompt in the following way: "fixit PAINTER5.EXE" (instead of "fixit Painter 5.0.exe").
That was the solution! But as I started Painter 5 for the first time, I got the following Error: Exeption Processing Message c0000013 Parameters 75b0bf9c 4 75b0bf9c 75b0bf9c. But when I clicked that window away Painter started nevertheless and it works.
Maybe that description can help other people with error 2. I for myself am lucky and very thankful for Geerts wonderful patch. Peter from Munich in Germany

Geert,

Many thanks for all the effort you have put in. I am still lost !!!!! I've done everything as directed and I can see the files in the command directory box but I cannot get the command "fixit" to be accepted. I can see from other comments that several people have had the same problem (Senju). Any ideas ?

Many thaks,

Bob.

Hello, in the forum Bart McLeod has written:
“Oh, Bob, about the 'is not a valid command'. Verify that you are typing the command in the same directory as where fixit is located. Otherwise your system will not find it:
For example:
C:\Program Files\Painter Classic>fixit PClassic.exe
Bart McLeod
The Netherlands - 2008-11-03 05:41:27”
I typed after “C:\Programs\Painter 5.0>” the words “fixit Painter5.exe”, but I was told that “fixit could not be found. What does that mean? Can somebody help me?
I think, Senju from Japan had the same problem, and Geert gave him more detailed instructions via email. Please, could I get the same instructions? Here follows, what Senju has written:
“Hi, I was so happy to find your fix, for I love to continue using my Painter 6J. I followed your instructions carefully, but I am stuck! While I was trying to install the fix in the command promp.........I typed C:Program FilesCorelPainter 6J>fixit Painter6J exe. But an error message something like telling me that "fixit" has not been recognized as useful program or patch file (Sorry, I don't know how to phrase it properly in English) and I don't know what to do! Could you help me with this?
COMMENT FROM GEERT> I sent you more detailed instructions via email
Senju
Japan - 2008-06-14 19:14:58”

COMMENT FROM GEERT> New detailed installation instructions are now available ... good luck

It worked perfectly on Art Dabbler 2.1 !
Thank you versy much
;)

Sorry, Geert, I have the same problem like others with Painter 5. I do not know what I have to do when you write "Then open a command prompt in this directory.". I know which directory you mean (C:\Programme\Painter 5.0), but how can I open a command prompt (cmd.exe) IN this directory?

And where have I to type "fixit Painter5.exe"?
Can you help me?

Peter Grützmann, Munich, Germany

two antivirus programs have been recently deleting the patch, saying it's a backdoor virus, is there a fix for this?

I\'ve been using Art Dabbler for years with this fix in my math class to give \"freehand\" notes with my digital tablet. Recently, both AVG 8.0 and Norton is picking up on this fix and deleting it so I can no longer run Art Dabble. They are calling it a backdoor virus??? I love the program, help!

Oh, Bob, about the 'is not a valid command'. Verify that you are typing the command in the same directory as where fixit is located. Otherwise your system will not find it:
For example:
C:\Program Files\Painter Classic>fixit PClassic.exe

Worked excellent for Painter 5.0.0

Can anyone advise me how to overcome the "fixit is not a valid command" problem ? I'm trying to use Art Dabbler 2.1. I bought a PC tablet years ago and am only now trying to use it. It worked with Windows Me when I checked it after purchase but since then my new PCs only have XP or Vista. Many thanks,

Bob.

REPLY TO JOE BELOW: Dear Joe, what a coincidence, I happened to re-visit this page from the very helpful Geert on the day you left your query. I didn't know how to open a command prompt either, but Googling "how to open command prompt in Vista" helped instantly. (Of course, if you don't have Vista, you would need to substitute your own operating system. In Vista's case, the answer is simply to right-click on your -- in this case -- Fontographer folder while holding down the shift key. One of the lines will now read "Open Command Window here.")

Hi Geert, from the comments on this page I am happy to see your fix seems to work for Fontographer. Now excuse me for being such a noob, but I guess I need more specific instructions on events from how to "open a command prompt". I have opened the zip you provided in the program folder and so I now have a new folder in there with your files in it but I don't understand what to do next.
Could you please send me more detailed instructions on how to proceed? I'd be happy to make a donation when I get Fontographer to work again.
Thanks for your time and groeten,
Joe

I have tried this fix on Metacreations Art Dabbler on a Lenovo computer running Windows XP Pro SP3 version 2002. The program runs just fine, but I am having difficulty printing...the dialog box says \'sending art dabbler sketch to print spooler\" and the program freezes. We also are getting messages that there are memory problems and program crashes. Should I use a previous fix version?
I am also running it on an MPC transport, with XP Pro SP 2 Version 2002 with no problems.

It worked well with Poser 4 under WinXP. Thanks & Felicitations!

Thank you, Geert. You\'ve obviously helped a good many people, and I hoped to be one of them. I first tried with your first fix, which did not work. I then decided to try your latest one, and I received the following message in my command prompt:
\"Adding intercept.dll to binary files. PClassic.exe: Couldn\'t open input file: PClassic.exe, error 2.\" Naturally, my heart sank; to have come so close and yet to be so far..!
I then decided to try your previous fix (\"First Generic Metacreations Fix\"), but my Avast anti-virus program sent off alarm bells with \"Win32:Trojan-gen.\" (A googling of this one tells us it has caused headaches.) I read your comments in response to others who had come across this infection, and I believed you when you stated this was a false positive. But at the last minute, I chickened out and couldn\'t go through with the attempt. (As I\'m just coming out of a system recovery in my Vista computer, with an infection that corrupted my system files.)

At any rate, should you have a suggestion as to how I might be able to get around this bugaboo that I encountered, I\'d certainly be grateful.

Hey, thank you a lot, I\'ve been two hours searching everywhere for a solution for this problem, and finally I\'ve found a great one (and I think the only one in the web).
In my case this has fixed a problem with Art Dabbler version 2.1
Thank you very much!!!

I am attemptimg to install this fix and have got to the stage where I need to run \"fixit etc\". This comes back saying that \"fixit\" is not a valid command. Can you help please ? Many thanks.

The first patch works perfectly for me, until I was forced to install the useless SP3 for windows XP. Then the dreaded "Out of tiles" problem popped up. When I googled the term, what do I know! A new version of patch is already created to deal with that exact problem!

Thank you for saving me countless headaches.

For the record, this worked beautifully for Poser 2 on Windows XP pro. (The software's a LOT on the old and clunky side now, but the fix is fine... :) )

Excellent! It made it possible to run FONTOGRAPHER on Windows XP. Thanks!

Excellent! I waited for this patch! Thx!

Never mind! I rebooted and it's perfect! Thank you! :)

I have Painter7 and intalled the patch. Now I don\'t have the error, but have no palettes either. What did I do wrong?

This fix worked great for Corel Art Dabbler version 2.1 which corel said wasn't supported in XP. I thought I would have to buy another version and throw out the one that came with the sketch pad until I found this. Thanks

Thanks, this solved my problems with Avast finding "Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}" in the old version. Fantastic Program!

Great fix - thanks for getting Painter Classic working for us!

Thank you for bringing Fontographer back to me!

i used it on fontographer, and it really worked like a charm. thanx a lot

Geert, the problem as posted by Senju 2008-06-14 sounds very familiar, looks like he ran into trouble the same way I did. Could you perhaps share the solution you e-mailed to him with me also? Thanks in advance!
COMMENT FROM GEERT> Sorry for the delay. Details should be in your inbox.

Geert, excuse my ignorance, but how do I enter the desired location using the cmd prompt when every line automatically starts with C:\> ???

It won't accept my trying if I write 'Program Files\MetaCreations etc' behind the '>' prompt...

Thanks for helping out. I know I'm close but keep getting stuck here.

Thanks so much! This rocks!

Wonderful! Now I can get Dabbler 2 to work on my new computer.

Excellent! Now I can use Fontographer again! Thanks.

Patched Fontographer perfectly! Got rid of that out of memory error. Thanks!

Painter Classic on Vista - Got pressure sensitivity problems. I even tried playing around with the settings on my Wacom to no avail.

Nevermind - fixed by downloading new tablet driver. Thanks!!

I'm trying to run Painter Classic on Vista - I get the "not enough memory" error. I installed your new patch but when I type "fixit pclassic.exe" into the command prompt, I get an error: "Error: couldn't back up pclassic.exe to pclassic.exe~:5" and "Error: couldn't install pclassic.exe as pclassic.exe: 183"

So i tried your first patch, and New_PClassic.exe does work but my tablet is not pressure sensitive in the program. Help???

many thanks! Fix worked perfectly.

Hi, I was so happy to find your fix, for I love to continue using my Painter 6J. I followed your instructions carefully, but I am stuck! While I was trying to install the fix in the command promp.........I typed C:Program FilesCorelPainter 6J>fixit Painter6J exe. But an error message something like telling me that "fixit" has not been recognized as useful program or patch file (Sorry, I don't know how to phrase it properly in English) and I don't know what to do! Could you help me with this?
COMMENT FROM GEERT> I sent you more detailed instructions via email

Thank you for your fix for Painter Classic and for making it so accessible. I would like to send you $10 but have no credit card that is accepted on your site. If you tell me an address, I will mail you $10. Thanks! Steve

HELP!!! I am so confused.... I have Painter 5. I downloaded your fix / patch metacreations_x64_fix. I can't figure out what I am supposed to type in the command window. Your example is fixit PC Classic.Exe. So what do I type? Where do I find the "Target (executable) shown in the property display" I have no clue what that is. Help is appreciated.
NOTE FROM GEERT> Kathy, I've sent you more detailed instructions via email. Hopefully that helps.

i had painter 6.1 running on a 32 bit processor and the generic fix with no problem. i upgraded to a 64 bit processor and got the "out of tiles" error message. i thought painter was corrupted so i uninstalled it and reinstalled it twice with the same error message. i uninstalled and reinstalled again with this new fix and no more error message. i use a wacom serial tablet and the tablet runs well. no loss of pressure sensitivity as other posters have mentioned. thanks for the fix geert!

you are brilliant, thanks

This worked a treat on Artdabbler 2.1 under XP. No other fix seemed to work but this was instant. The program is one we treasure for drawing cartoons and sketches. It was free with a drawing tablet. What a shame that Corel no lonnger support it. I have very happily sent a donation for this fix.

Worked like a charm on Poser 4 - thank you!

Thanks an awful lot! Works like a charm. Let me get up that PayPal screen...

I have now found the reason that caused the strange behavior of the Painter Classic as to the pencil 2B. It was caused by an erroneous setting by me. I had set the Wacom Tablet to mouse mode instead of pen mode. This resulted in these strange troubles for more than a week. Now everything works fine. Excuse me.

A strange error: I have installed Painter Classic with your remedy for it as to Win. XP. I mostly use the 2B pencil when drawing. I use a wireless Wacom pen. Within a short time after starting the pencil stops to function for 2B while it still can function for rubber- or the pen- symbol for some time. If I use the 2B's Size function the width of 2B's trace is shown exactly in the mid of the picture I am drawing. Then I can identify the exact midpoint. If I put the point of the wireless pen exactly at that midpoint and clic the pen's upper contact then the pen will begin to function for a while. To me it seems as if the pen "finds back its point". I have reinstalled Painter Classic once with your remedy and tried out both the Wacom Tabelet and the original Painter Classic. These two latter programs are not causing this error.

Woa impressive, I didn't even think I could find a way to solve the problem. Not only your patch did, but now I know why it happened. I upgraded my laptop to have one more gig of DDR2. Thanks a lot! Now I can finish my painting!

I am using windows XP. I installed Painter 5.0.0.
I downloaded the folder metacreations_x64.fix.zip
I unzipped to C:Program FilesPainter 5.0
I tried to run fixit.exe and I received a security message from my PC-cilling anti-virus program saying that the publisher could not be verified
It says that the file fixit.exe does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher
I run the file fixit.exe anyway and a black screen flashed but did not stay steady. I tried again but it did not even flashed so I was unable to instal fixit.exe
Do you have any comments?

(LONG) COMMENT FROM GEERT>
Did you follow the instructions on the website?
- After unpacking the zip file in the place where Painter is installed, you should do the following:
- Start a command prompt (cmd.exe) in windows
(Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt)
- Then you have to change directory (cd) to the location where the Painter Program is installed - and where you unzipped the fix (for example cd c:Program FilesPainter 5.0)
- Then you have to locate the executable that runs Painter (do not know how it is called in your case, but I assume Painter5.exe).
- Then you run : fixit Painter5.exe (or whatever the name of the painter executable is)

Now, just start Painter like you normally do and it should work

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