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1 hour ago, Mr. President said:

So it needs a new license for each OS, but if I have the same OS (Windows) on two devices, can I get Affinity that I already payed for on a second device with the same operating system?

Yes, you can install on more than one device as long as they use the same OS.

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There is one caveat for Windows, though: If you purchase directly from Serif the application will run on Windows 7, 8.1, or 10 (with other conditions as documented). But if you purchase from the Microsoft Store, the application will run only on Windows 10.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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15 minutes ago, Mr. President said:

Unfortunately my Affinity profile shows no indication that I've made the purchase before, does that mean I should simply bite the bullet and purchase it again for the second computer?

Check your Photo Preferences (Edit > Preferences, or Ctrl+,) in the M scellaneous section. Near the top you should have an option to include your registered email address when reporting crashes. Is the email address correct? Is it the address that shows in your Affinity Store account?

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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11 hours ago, Mr. President said:

it doesn't work any more on the first one. Both are Windows (first is 7, second is 10)

That would seem to indicate that you originally purchased the app from the Microsoft Store, because apps purchased there no longer support earlier versions than Win 10, as @walt.farrell said.

Jeff

Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics

Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus.  Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2.

iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 18.1.1) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps.

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40 minutes ago, emmrecs01 said:

That would seem to indicate that you originally purchased the app from the Microsoft Store, because apps purchased there no longer support earlier versions than Win 10, as @walt.farrell said.

I was under the impression that the Microsoft Store version has always required Windows 10. The Affinity Store version will run on Windows 7, but only with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the Platform Update installed; I think the Platform Update has only been a prerequisite for relatively recent builds of the Affinity apps, which would tie in with the “doesn’t work any more” observation.

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