I have had the issue for some time with Designer, Publisher and Photo on Windows 10 not starting. Sometimes the apps would open, sometimes they would crash out just as the UI screen appears. Once I upgraded to v1.8 none of these applications would start no matter what I did.
I have been following several forums trying to fix this and nothing had worked for me previously.
Windows event viewer was telling me there was an “Unhandled Error” with respect to .NET and fonts. I upgraded video card drivers, .NET and removed any new fonts etc to no avail.
However, by following these actions I have had success.
1. I uninstalled all 3 of the Affinity applications
2. I deleted the “C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Affinity” folder and all of it’s contents. For your information AppData is a hidden folder so you need to make this visible to navigate through it.
3. I rebooted my PC.
4. I reinstalled all the Affinity Applications.
All my Affinity applications work now as expected.
It goes without saying that you need to back your work up before doing any this. Good luck.
