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Hi Dan

today I made a big mistake. I updatet 'affinity photo' from version 1.8.5 to 1.9.0

Now it doesn't start anymore. If I start it, for about 1 second appears 

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and disappears again.

The same, if I start it with holding down the CTRL key.

Also in the Task Manager is nothing from affinity or serif.

 

In the Application.xml the <ShowWelcomeScreen2> entry is 'False' already.

The Log.txt is

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
[DXCore] Found 2 adapters
Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
    Version: 27.20.100.8682
    IsHardware: Yes
    Supports D3D12 Feature Level 12.0: Yes
    HardwareID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1912&SUBSYS_86940000&REV_06
    LUID: 0xE873
Microsoft Basic Render Driver
    Version: 10.0.19041.546
    IsHardware: No
    Supports D3D12 Feature Level 12.0: Yes
    HardwareID: PCI\VEN_1414&DEV_008C&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00
    LUID: 0xED5E
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

The dumpfile is added below.

I have the newest version of windows 10.

 

I tried also to "downgrade" to version 1.8.5. But the installer announce, that a newer version is installe already.

 

Do you have an idea, what I can do to run affinity photo?

 

Regards

Ivo

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Hi @ikw,

Welcome to the forums and I'm sorry to see you're having trouble!

I have split this post into it's own thread, in order to keep the forums more concise. You will find you are no longer 'Following' this thread and won't be notified of the replies currently, if you wish to change this please select the 'Follow' button at the top of this thread -

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In regards to the issue you're reporting, many thanks for providing all this information! Many of the issues we're seeing are due to out-of-date graphics card drivers - Can you please visit the below link and download a copy of the latest drivers for your device:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30195/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-15-45-

Once installed, restart your PC and then try launching Affinity once again for me - does this stop the app from crashing on runup? :)

Please note -

I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time.

Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible.

Many thanks!

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Hi Dan

thank you for your answer and thank you for splitting my post into a new own.

 

As suggested, I loaded down the driver from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30195/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-15-45-.

When I want to install it, I got a message, that my current driver has a newer version than the "new" one...

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So I canceled the installation.

 

Do you have another idea?

 

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Many thanks for confirming that for me and I'm sorry to hear this hasn't helped!

I hope by disabling OpenCL from outside of the Affinity app, we'll be able to get your software back up and running!

Please open Windows Run (Windows Key + R) then paste the following string and press OK:

%AppData%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\Settings\

In the window that opens, please select PerformancePreferences.xml and open this in Notepad for editing.

The last line in this file, before '</Settings>' should read -

<UseHardwareAcceleration>False</UseHardwareAcceleration>

You may find that you already have this line in the file and you need to change True to False, or you may not see this line at all and it requires adding, so that you see the following -

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Once completed, save this .XML file and close it.

Now try launching Affinity again, does the app open as expected for you? :)

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I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time.

Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible.

Many thanks!

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I have exactly the same problem, with photo, designer and publisher. Splash screen appears, then crash. I updated all my graphics drivers, no effect. Windows application protocol says:

Anwendung: Designer.exe
Frameworkversion: v4.0.30319
Beschreibung: Der Prozess wurde aufgrund einer unbehandelten Ausnahme beendet.
Ausnahmeinformationen: System.DivideByZeroException
   bei <Module>.Raster.Hardware<Raster::DefaultImplementation>.GetHardwarePossible()
   bei Serif.Interop.Persona.Settings.PerformanceSettings..ctor()

<UseHardwareAcceleration>False</UseHardwareAcceleration> did not help either.

 

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We're many with the exact same issue.

The crash happens before it's even looking for fonts. So I guess it's when looking for hardware or something? Getting the preferences?

With all the users crashing I hope they made it a priority as it's been a few days that went without an official statement. Some are locked out their apps since the update.

Windows 10, Affinity Designer + Photo (Graphic Design, photo-editing).

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As a workaround I work temporarily with the old version.

Fortunately I have a backup from my whole Affinity folder from a few weeks ago.
So I renamed my current Affinity folder to Affinity19.
Then copied back the old folder.

So I can work as before the update...
 

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Welcome to the forums @Helmut Paesler, I'm sorry to hear you and @MikeDuf are also experiencing this issue & my sincerest apologies for the delayed response here @ikw!

We're aware that certain machines are unable to launch currently following the 1.9 update on Windows, our developers are investigating this and we've recently released new betas which we hope resolves this issue.

You can find links for the latest beta versions below - 

Please download and install this beta alongside your retail version, so that you have 2 versions installed. You may find that the beta still crashes on first launch, then it should activate a fall-back option and hopefully no longer crash on subsequent launches for you.

Please do let me know if this helps!

Please note -

I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time.

Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible.

Many thanks!

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Your crash report backtrace lists this point for crashing (an integer divided by zero exception) ...

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Operating system: Windows NT
                  10.0.19041 804
CPU: amd64
     family 6 model 158 stepping 9
     8 CPUs

GPU: UNKNOWN

Crash reason:  EXCEPTION_INT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO
Crash address: 0x7ff98b15fb99

Process uptime: 4 seconds

Thread 0 (crashed)
 0  igdrcl64.dll + 0x12fb99

    rax = 0x0000000000000000   rdx = 0x0000000000000000
    rcx = 0x00007ff98b446548   rbx = 0x000001a29a1bf9c0
    rsi = 0x000001a2a7ae4480   rdi = 0x000001a29a1eb820
    rbp = 0x0000000000000000   rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcc28
     r8 = 0x000001a29a1bf9c0    r9 = 0x000001a29a1ebaa0
    r10 = 0x00000000000000c0   r11 = 0xc3cff5e4cfbdb6e7
    r12 = 0x0000000000000000   r13 = 0x0000000000000000
    r14 = 0x00007ff98b446548   r15 = 0x000001a2a7ae4480
    rip = 0x00007ff98b15fb99
    Found by: given as instruction pointer in context
 1  igdrcl64.dll + 0x1ab89a
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcc30   rip = 0x00007ff98b1db89a
    Found by: stack scanning
 2  igdrcl64.dll + 0x154b1e
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcc60   rip = 0x00007ff98b184b1e
    Found by: stack scanning
 3  igdrcl64.dll + 0x3b161
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcc90   rip = 0x00007ff98b06b161
    Found by: stack scanning
 4  igdrcl64.dll + 0x228ff4
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffccd0   rip = 0x00007ff98b258ff4
    Found by: stack scanning
 5  igdrcl64.dll + 0x156532
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcd00   rip = 0x00007ff98b186532
    Found by: stack scanning
 6  ntdll.dll + 0x10000
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcd10   rip = 0x00007ffa2bf20000
    Found by: stack scanning
 7  igdrcl64.dll + 0x1569b1
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcd30   rip = 0x00007ff98b1869b1
    Found by: stack scanning
 8  ntdll.dll + 0x15e91
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcd50   rip = 0x00007ffa2bf25e91
    Found by: stack scanning
 9  igdrcl64.dll + 0x43e23
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcda0   rip = 0x00007ff98b073e23
    Found by: stack scanning
10  igdrcl64.dll + 0x228ff4
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcdd0   rip = 0x00007ff98b258ff4
    Found by: stack scanning
11  igdrcl64.dll + 0x155a5c
    rsp = 0x00000030b2ffcdf0   rip = 0x00007ff98b185a5c
    Found by: stack scanning

Where igdrcl64.dll seems to be related to the Intel Graphics Accelerator Drivers for Windows, so probably an issue with the integrated graphics driver.

You can attach the crash report to a new posting here in this forum section "Photo Bugs found on Windows", so the devs can take a look at these and tell you for sure if the problem is OpenCL and GPU driver related or has another cause etc.

☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan
☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2

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10 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Your crash report backtrace lists this point for crashing (an integer divided by zero exception) ...

Where igdrcl64.dll seems to be related to the Intel Graphics Accelerator Drivers for Windows, so probably an issue with the integrated graphics driver.

You can attach the crash report to a new posting here in this forum section "Photo Bugs found on Windows", so the devs can take a look at these and tell you for sure if the problem is OpenCL and GPU driver related or has another cause etc.

Hi, thanks for your reply. I do have the latest available Intel Graphics Driver. Posted the crash report to the Bugs section.

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1 hour ago, IceH said:

Hi, thanks for your reply. I do have the latest available Intel Graphics Driver. Posted the crash report to the Bugs section.

That's good, so the devs can take a look at this and take it into account too, even they might already know that there are problems with Intel drivers too.

☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan
☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2

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