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Wow glad I saw this. Big disappointment with this route.
Not only do I have to buy it again but it installs as an app! No one wants apps on a PC, we want software that we can choose what to do with it on our systems.
I spend all my time deleting and shutting down the App infrastructure in Windows.
Corporations just love taking away any control the consumer has.
 
I think I'll pass.

Wow glad I saw this. Big disappointment with this route.
Not only do I have to buy it again but it installs as an app! No one wants apps on a PC, we want software that we can choose what to do with it on our systems.
I spend all my time deleting and shutting down the App infrastructure in Windows.
Corporations just love taking away any control the consumer has.
 
I think I'll pass.

I found a solution... forget about specifying any paths, just running "affinityphoto2.exe" works.
Still rather annoying and disappointing that they've decided to go about it this way.
  
You can email affinityreturns@serif.com with your name and order number to initiate a refund if you'd like.

Just bought the Suite and could not find the installation files so was unable to create shortcuts and worse unable to find a way to run the software! The only way I could launch the software was to double-click on the downloaded installation files which gave me the option to Launch from there. Total irritation and confusion.
However in the meantime after much faffing about through the Forum I discovered to my dismay that these are "App" files and do not install into the Program folder of my C drive and do not appear in my Programs & Features... How do I uninstall them?
I absolutely hate this unexplained change to installing/removing software and am not happy with the way this has been implemented, particularly as no advanced notification (as far as I could tell) was given.
I very much like what Serif is doing with Affinity and love the software but cannot stand this insane change to the standard installation procedure.
Please Serif fix this unwanted installation mess asap. and please retain some independence from the dumbing-down that Micro$oft continually applies to Windows in the so-called attempt to make it better.
I sincerely hope you listen.

Agreed.  So far, I'm unable to install the upgrades that I just purchased.  I keep getting errors which I'm guessing are due to my shutting off a lot of the spyware features of Windoze 10.
I'm hoping they are planning on releasing a good ol' EXE - if not, I'm going to want a refund.

This is a stupid move by the developers. I own my PC, it is not a phone or a tablet and I want to control what goes on the PC and where it goes. I didn't spend time setting up partitions and drivers for fun. I have a particular drive for programs and that is where they go or they don't get installed - end of!
Version 2 is now uninstalled and I will never buy another Serif product until they fix this. The reason I went to Affinity suite in the first place was because Adobe ruined photoshop by their subscription/online nonsense.

I imagine there were maybe advantages to switching to the Microsoft App Installer (.msix files).
However, for the user, the problems have increased:
There are many who have problems being able to install the packages. For example, it took me hours because the packages from Serif did not run for me. Only after downloading them directly from the Microsoft Store was I able to install them.
The next problem is the integration of the new programs in others. Now you can't find an .exe file which is accepted by other programs.

It is a big problem for a lot of comany pc. In big company often the app store is disable by policy. In that case this package is not installable.
Please make a normal installation file for alla people that has problem like this otherwise you'll loose a lot of guest that cannot install this kind of package....one of this is me
my intention was to buy the entire suite but i will move to other graphic package.
 
bye bye
 
 

Agree with all the comments on this decision. Back in 2020 I had a very serious look at APV1 but after a great deal of investigation I decided not to switch for three reasons.
1) - insufficient luminosity/zone/colour/saturation/vibrance masks
2) - not convinced about the Raw Editor
3) - a lack of Affinity DAM and the lack of adequate .asphoto support in other DAM applications including Bridge.
Number 1 has been largely resolved and is in fact very good at first glance. Number 2 I'm still unconvinced. 
Number 3 though is now even more of a problem as the lack of support for the affinity file format is compounded by the fact that I cannot now even point Bridge at the .exe to get it to use it at the editor due to it not being visible. Add the fact that, unless there have been substantial changes since 2020 which of course may well be the case, I cannot find a DAM which meets my needs and it amounts to a deal breaker for me.
So, inspite of really liking AP V2 and thinking it is better in a whole range of ways than PS, I am probably going to uninstall my trial version of V2 as it is clumsy to use in the real, day to day, world, especially if, like me , you have grown use to the high level of integration I enjoy with the LRc/PS combination. This is such a shame as I really do want to make the change but slowing down my workflow from it's current position is not a positive step forward.
Please, please Serif. Get a DAM sorted either inhouse or by working with another software house. At the very least sort this Windows App v programme file silliness out. In the absence of either action I will abandon any thought of switching.

Great for you. Windows Apps have always been a hot mess permissions-wise, so there's probably something borked for me. I also tried pointing it at C:\Users\[MyUsername]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe and get an error saying "The file cannot be accessed by the system" even though it looks like the permissions are in check. Also using Win 11.
 
So again... should've just been a regular windows program and we wouldn't have had any of this headache.