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Why are there two Windows versions for Affinity products please?

William Overington
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William Overington

William Overington

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I know that Affinity products to run on a Windows system are sold both directly by Serif and on Microsoft store.

I know that Serif regards these as separate purchases.

What I am wondering is why the version sold directly by Serif will not run under Windows 10S.

Is there some reason why the version from either source could not be the same and thus the version bought directly from Serif would be able to be run under Windows 10S?

William

 

 

Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England.

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walt.farrell

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15 minutes ago, William Overington said:

What I am wondering is why the version sold directly by Serif will not run under Windows 10S.

That's a Windows restriction, and a major reason for having 10S: Only applications from the Microsoft Store can be installed.

-- Walt

Desktop:  Windows 11 Home, version 22H2 (22621.1413) 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 
Laptop:  Windows 10 Home, version 21H2 (19044.2728) 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
        Affinity Photo 1.10.6 (.1665) and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0. beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.6 (.1665)  and 2.1.0  and 2.1.0 beta / Affinity Publisher 1.10.6 (.1665)  and 2.1.0  and 2.1.0beta
iPad Pro M1, 12.9", iPadOS 16.4.1 (a), Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard
      Affinity Photo 1.10.7 and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta/ Affinity Designer 1.10.7 and 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta/ Affinity Publisher 2.1.0 and 2.1.0 beta

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