Affinity Publisher crashing when updating images in resource manager

[ArtisL]

Publisher keeps crashing when I try to update images through resource manager. I tried also to replace images but it still crashes. And it started happening suddenly, before it worked just fine, and now I can't do anything with my existing file.

Maybe anyone knows how to fix it? I even tried to reinstall the newest version.

[ArtisL]

Thanks, it worked!

[blackstone]

Which Update ist to remove?

[LeiNi]

I have the same problem. I just installed all windows and driver updates and it still keeps crashing as soon as I'm trying to update the resources. Pleasel, Affinity-Team do something about it, I cannot work like that on my project.

And if anyone has a solution for it, I'd appreciate your comment.

[Komatös]

@LeiNi the  posting from N.P.M. has linked to the known bugs and it's solutions.

 

[LeiNi]

I could solve the issue for now by myself, by following the instruction of @N.P.M. thx a lot. It was shared I think above, but the sharing style hides too many information, so here again with full a quote:

Quote

Posted October 19

Install all pending updates.
Restart pc afterwards.
Goto update history>uninstall updates section
Search for:

Windows 11:KB5017264

Windows 10:KB5017262

Uninstall 
Run the tool provided in the faq.
There should be only 1 .net(kb) update present(if you did all things above)
It will have a new kb number but it is the one you need to hide for the windows updating it again

@Komatösthx, you were just replying when I was writing.^^

Edited November 4, 2022 by LeiNi

[Komatös]

@LeiNi

However, I recommend another solution, as the cumulative .NET updates also close security gaps in the .NET components, which are then reopened by the uninstallation.

My preferred solution:

• Open the directory in which the Affinity programmes are installed. As a rule, C:\Programme\Affinity\(Desinger ...Photo ...Publisher)
• Search and open the .exe.config file (for example Designer.exe.config) with a text editor.
• Search for "<add key="IsVirtualizingStackPanel_45Compatible" value="true"/>"
• Replace the value true with the value false.
• Save the file (administrative rights are required to overwrite!)

[Blueart]

On 10/20/2022 at 11:16 AM, N.P.M. said:

 

Hello,

I have the same crash but do not have the Windows 10:KB5017262 update.

Instead I have the KB5017500 update and the uninstall option does not appear on the update screen.

https://ibb.co/FYPX87V

https://ibb.co/FwKth8B

 

Fabio

[LeiNi]

@Bluearft the Windows 10:KB5017262 should be a bit further down in the list. I had to manually look for it, too.

[Blueart]

LeiNi

I cannot find the update windows10:KB5017262 update even in the list below
https://ibb.co/bKVYfj1

[LeiNi]

@BluearftI now have the same problem as you, I don't have anymore the windows10:KB5017262, but Affinity starts crashing again. So I guess, I'll take @Komatössuggestion and edit the Affinity file. As it makes no sense to me to uninstall one culprit update after another. Hopefully, there will be an bug fix soon, as this is not really good advertisment.

[saladknown]

On 11/4/2022 at 1:35 PM, Komatös said:

@LeiNi

However, I recommend another solution, as the cumulative .NET updates also close security gaps in the .NET components, which are then reopened by the uninstallation.

My preferred solution:

• Open the directory in which the Affinity programmes are installed. As a rule, C:\Programme\Affinity\(Desinger ...Photo ...Publisher)
• Search and open the .exe.config file (for example Designer.exe.config) with a text editor.
• Search for "<add key="IsVirtualizingStackPanel_45Compatible" value="true"/>"
• Replace the value true with the value false.
• Save the file (administrative rights are required to overwrite!)

Thank you so much for this answer! I also could not find that update in my update history, and very much dislike the idea to just uninstall a bunch of updates.
This fix worked flawlessly.

[ilm1429]

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[rjav]

I have a 108 page image-heavy document. When I open it in Publisher 2.6.2, running on Windows 11, I am alerted to two linked files which need to be updated. When I open Resource Manager, the entire computer hangs and all I can do is switch off the power and start again. I decided to ignore the outdated files and proceeded to export a print quality PDF. It got about two-thirds of the way through and then crashed. After this happened twice, I just exported the first 54 pages but, doing the second 54, it crashed again. I then exported the next 27 and the final 27 and stitched the three PDFs back together in my PDF program (Kofax).

I then tried to fix the linked images by splitting the afpub into two documents but Resource Manager still caused the app to hang. The Publisher file for the complete book is 9.184 megabytes and the complete PDF is 498.422 megabytes. The split files are about 4 and 5 megabytes.