Preferences file for Affinity Photo on drive

[killzen]

Where is the Affinity Photo preferences file stored? I am migrating to Windows 10 on another computer and would like to simply

copy the preferences file over to the correct directory rather than have to go through the process of setting all my preferences (including lens data, etc)

in the new machine.

 

thank you

 

laz

 

[walt.farrell]

There is no single file, but a directory.

This FAQ article should help you find the directory:

 

[killzen]

Thanks for the info, I see that those options/preferences are somewhere inside the AppData folder for the user. Sadly, even though I have Administrator rights, the folder is not accessible to me

as it is a 'protected' folder. I did find a CFG file inside the Affinity folder which holds the Affinity Photo executable. Will play with this and see if I can find a workaround. AGain, thanks

 

laz

[Sykoste]

app data is a hidden system folder, its nothing to do with admin rights. you will need to open file explorer, go to view , show hidden items (win 11)

or view show hidden items check box in the view options

 

then go to users / yourusername/ and you will see appdata at the root or in a folder called default if you have more than one account on the machine.

I think its then appdata/localpackages/serifeuropelimited

wink wink;

to anyone using an old gpu that has cuda cores, but is randomly no longer able to tick hardware acceleration - this may be a way to force gpu acceleration :

change settings/performancepreferences file in notepad from false to

<UseHardwareAcceleration>True</UseHardwareAcceleration>

you will also need to install openCL from windows store and it helps to install the cuda drivers (the old way) not the nvidia (you must buy a new GPU because we dont like your old cuda cores) 'experience' way.

 

or serif could just let us tick the box in preferences when we all moved to win11 and lost all gpu support...tut tut