Startup Photo Designer- Black Screen, Computer Lockup

[Timespider]

Hi,

 

running Windows 10, drivers up to date , all Windows updates done, NVDIA graphics card.

for a while now whenever I open either Affinity Designer or Photo my computer slows right down becomes unresponsive and then when I try anything in either app I get a black screen like in attached image and it says either app not responding. It locks up every app I'm in at the time After a few minutes it comes right but It is really annoying the hell out of me!

I noticed a similar issue in FAQ Here but it's not quite the same.

Is anyone else having this or similar issue?

[Lee D]

Can you check the following thread and see if you have any of the third party apps installed, these are known to cause issues with our apps. Have you tried resetting the app? if not follow the steps below .

With the app closed.

1, Hold down CTRL and double click app icon

2, When window appears, release the CTRL key

3, Click the Clear button

 

When the app is open what are the settings in Preferences > Performance?

[Timespider]

Hi  Lee D ,

thanks for replying,

no I don't have any of those apps installed.

I will try the ctrl click reset next(haven't tried that and didn't know about it). 

In the image are the performance settings

Thanks - Chris

 

 

[Timespider]

Hi Lee D (if you're following this)

I have done the reset (On All 3 Apps)& things are better but a similar issue still exists.

I've attached an image. The black screen lockup has gone and I'm not(at this stage - a few app starts later) locked up on other apps but Affinity, still, on the first procedure(what ever it is, creating shape etc) locks up and doesn't respond for a while.

It gets the Windows 10 white misty layer over the app and I get the "Affinity App Not Responding" status in the top left title bar.

I would say it's 60% better but still annoying. It only happens at the very beginning and is fine after this.

It's almost like it hasn't loaded everything properly and as soon as you click something it then finishes loading the app before you can continue.

[Timespider]

THANKS DEVELOPERS

Well after 2 years with this issue the last latest update 1.10.1.1142 fixed whatever was freezing Designer & Photo on startup(On My System - See Above).
It would not only freeze AD & AP & A-Pub but would slow down all other apps for about 1 minute, sooooo annoying.
I love what ever you did in this update, this is nice now.