Hi, I'm not familiar with computer spec, so I just took note.
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1
Intel® Core
i3-2310M CPU
2.10GHz
RAM 4GB
64-bit OS
I'm having the same problem. I've got the shortcut ready on my desktop after downloading the first update. Click on it, and nothing happen, instead an error reporting notification then show up on bottom right corner.
I have high hopes on this since I'm no longer wish to use adobe.
Regards from Indonesia
Update at 8.15pm (GMT+7) :
After having no luck opening the app; With no intention of fixing the problem, my husband did the System Ninja (he said it's cache cleaner app), he left and I press the delete all junk, and again with no intention of fixing the problem, I deleted some pics on my desktop, and spotted gimp shortcut. I immediately uninstall the keeps-crashing gimp, since I don't need such headache. Done with gimp, I thought maybe give Affinity another try. Nothing happen, no error notification either. So I thought I'll just wait for any reply in the forum. So I went browsing for other stuff.
Then I saw the Affinity icon on my taskbar. OMG, it's there, all ready!! I'm not sure which action enables it. Maybe it's the cache cleaner, maybe it's uninstalling gimp.
Now I'm trying to get to know all the functions. I'm super excited, my kids said, "You look very happy Mom" :D