CorelDRAW Technical Suite Deployment Guide 2026 Help

Updating the software

Corel periodically releases Microsoft patch (MSP) files — also known as "patches" or "updates" — for its products. Installing updates helps keep the software up-to-date.

In this guide, Patch.exe is a placeholder for the filename of the update. The actual filename varies with each update.

Image patching

You can apply an update to the server image. You must begin by extracting the patch files to a specified location.

Locating updates

Many network administrators keep their software up-to-date by monitoring the Corel Support Services website (www.corel.com/support). When an update is made available, these administrators download it and carry out the patching process themselves.

In this guide, \\server\path\Patch.exe is a placeholder for the location and filename of the downloaded patch.

If you prefer to have workstation users patch the software for themselves, you can set up the server image to enable the automatic detection of available patches. For details, see Setting up the server image.

Applying updates

After locating and downloading an update, you can apply it to the server image and then use the updated image to patch the installed software.

Workstation patching

After updating the server image, you can deploy the update to the workstations.

Corel will provide patches for any updates to XVL Studio Corel Edition and XVL Player, which are included with CorelDRAW Technical Suite. However, the process of applying a XVL Studio Corel Edition patch to the server image may differ from the process described here. For guidance, please refer to the patch notes. For more information, see Deploying XVL Studio Corel Edition and XVL Player.

To extract the patch to a specified location

• To extract the patch to a specified location (instead of the default Temp folder), use the following command-line syntax:

\\server\path\Patch.exe /extract_all "C:\Extracted"

After extracting the patch, be sure to apply all extracted patch files to the server image. Applying only some of the patch files may cause the installations to function incorrectly.

To apply the extracted patch files to the server image

• Use a command line that includes the executable file for the patch and the /a switch. For example, if the patch was extracted to C:\Extracted, the command line will look like this:

C:\Extracted\Setup.exe /a

To update the workstations

• Use the following command-line syntax:

\\server\path\Setup.exe REINSTALL=ALL

By default, the REINSTALLMODE=oums property is applied. For best results, you may want to specify REINSTALLMODE=vdm:

• \\server\path\Setup.exe REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vdm

For details on REINSTALL (and REINSTALLMODE), see Advanced repair.

To silently update the workstations

• Use the following command line:

\\server\path\Setup.exe REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vdm /qn