Neophobica

I ran into a similar issue today. I am on Mac (macOS Big Sur 11.7.3), and also have a NAS connected. Altough I use it for storing files that I am not currently working on. I worked on a file that was saved locally on my macbook, but I had files in the "recently open" that are saved on the NAS. My NAS is currently shut off. I was still able to work on the local file, but as soon as I went into the "recently open" menu, Affinity Photo froze, giving me the same error message James B. got. Over and over again. Force quitting the program did not help, because on restart, I would get the same error. Restarting my laptop also didn't work. I think the issue is, that Affinity photo prompts itself to look for the "recently open" files over and over again, in a loop. There was no opportunity to clear the "recently open" as the submenu where that command is found, wouldnt open. Affinity was already busy looking up the files (and failing ), locked in the loop and not responding to anything. I could only resolve it by turning my NAS on for a couple of minutes to clear the "recently open". (also disable the reopen option, just to be safe) only upside to this is, that it happend 2 days before I have to drop off my NAS for inspection (that's why it was shut off) and I am not stuck for 2+ weeks of not being able to work x_X A failsafe would be nice. So Affinity would only check once for "recently open files" or files to reopen. And after not being able to do so, giving the option to try again or discard. Edit to add: I am working with Affinity Photo 2, V2.0.4