Affinity Photo 1.9 opens files as "Read Only"

[aaturner]

Files whose properties are NOT read only are being opened by AP 1.9 as read only. I can edit and modify the images, but cannot save them to their original locations. Searching the internet suggests that this might be due to a system corruption caused by a recent Windows 10 upgrade, so I rolled back my system to a previous version where once upon a time everything worked as expected. Alas that is no longer the case, and the problem persists.

Can anyone suggest a remedy or shed further light on the issue? I really do not want to take the nuclear option of reinstalling Win 10 if I can possibly avoid it. 😨

Thanks for any guidance.

[walt.farrell]

What kind of files are they?

[aaturner]

Hi Walt, thanks for your interest. At the moment, the guilty files are .png and .afphoto, but the behaviour is somewhat erratic when opening images with AP 1.9 directly. However, it is consistent if I try and round trip between Photo Supreme 6 (my DAM app) and AP 1.9, so I am pursuing the issue with PS6 as well. As extra info, I have also (temporarily) turned off my McAfee continuous virus scan, as some have suggested that this may cause the glitch. However this appears to make no difference.