CBIweb Posted November 25, 2021 Posted November 25, 2021 The 'Open Recent' list in Affinity Photo turned up clear today, even though I didn't clear it - not to my recollection anyway. When the list is cleared, what happens to the reference links? Are they simply gone forever, or is something stored somewhere in a database or in the registry? Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 25, 2021 Posted November 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, CBIweb said: what happens to the reference links? What do you mean by reference links? Quote -- 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 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
thomaso Posted November 26, 2021 Posted November 26, 2021 On Mac the "Open Recent" items are managed by macOS and are stored in a hidden macOS folder. You can check your system preference and possibly try this hint to reset if corrupted:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251076558 If the menu got emptied I am afraid the entries are lost and will appear only after reuse of the according items. Possibly you might still find them in the special Finder window "Recents".https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/66465-making-sense-of-recents-folder/ If "Recents" doesn't show up in the Finder's Sidebar you may activate it in the Finder's preference:https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp3011/mac Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1
CBIweb Posted November 28, 2021 Author Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/25/2021 at 5:34 PM, walt.farrell said: What do you mean by reference links? Sorry, I used the only phrase I could think of. What I mean is, when the list has the file names in it, the reference to them must be stored somewhere on the PC. So when the list is cleared, I'm thinking that reference might still be stored somewhere in cache or whatever. Quote
CBIweb Posted November 28, 2021 Author Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/25/2021 at 8:06 PM, thomaso said: On Mac the "Open Recent" items are managed by macOS and are stored in a hidden macOS folder... My bad, I neglected to mention that I'm on Windows 10. My apologies. Quote
Ron P. Posted November 28, 2021 Posted November 28, 2021 There is an XML file, called RecentFiles.xml where this list is stored. Unfortunately, once the Recent Files list in the File menu is cleared, so is that XML file. It's located at; %AppData%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\Settings Quote Affinity Photo 2.5..; Affinity Designer 2.5..; Affinity Publisher 2.5..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD
CBIweb Posted November 28, 2021 Author Posted November 28, 2021 45 minutes ago, Ron P. said: There is an XML file, called RecentFiles.xml where this list is stored. Unfortunately, once the Recent Files list in the File menu is cleared, so is that XML file. It's located at; %AppData%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\Settings Ah, ok. Thank you. I guess then I just have to recreate the list by loading the photos into Affinity again. Hopefully it was just a one-time glitch. Quote
Dan C Posted November 29, 2021 Posted November 29, 2021 I'd recommend making sure you don't have any 'cleaning' apps which are interfering with the Affinity files, such as CCleaner, as these types of apps can remove the hidden files that Affinity uses to store this information CBIweb 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.