MSIX installator for Windows

[szczemp]

Hi Affinity.

Have You any plans to develop exe installer for Your apps? The msix installer isntall app in C:\Program  Files\WindowsApps\ dir, but my C drive is small and intended only for Windows. I want to install Affinity apps on D drive, but in msix I cant change path. Exe allows this.

 

[Callum]

Hi Szczemp,

At this point in time we are only offering an MSIX, you should be able to change the install location of the app post install using the steps described in the below FAQ
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/167827-is-it-possible-to-change-the-installation-path-when-installing-affinity-v2/

Thanks
C

[walt.farrell]

You should also be able to change pre-install (though I haven't tried it). Settings > System > Storage has a setting to control where new content is installed.

[szczemp]

Moving an installed application causes an error 0x80073cf6.

I uninstalled apps, and changed default drive in Settings > System > Storage to D, and then install once again. Now is ok, but apps installed in D:\WindowsApps. It would be great if I could set any path.

[wwessel]

How can I install these msix packages? I run Windows 11 22H2, latest build, but there is no application associated with this format. So double click on it doesn't work...

[selenita]

29 minutes ago, wwessel said:

How can I install these msix packages? I run Windows 11 22H2, latest build, but there is no application associated with this format. So double click on it doesn't work...

I have the same problem, I don't know what to do now.

[selenita]

1 minute ago, selenita said:

I have the same problem, I don't know what to do now.

I have windows 10 pro

[thump257]

I should not have to jump through ANY hoops to install a program where I want to install it. I have partitions for a reason. I don't spend the time doing it for giggles. If you cannot offer a way to change install path during install, this is a non-starter for me. NO product is that good. I am sorry, but what were you thinking? Not everyone using the software is a potato. End of rant. Refund request inbound. I have already deleted the downloaded .msix files. Never installed them.

Edited November 10, 2022 by thump257

[BigOldFixer]

I have also just removed the software because of this stupid install system - I even tried both suggested fixes which failed for me.

Software now removed until we get a proper installer.

[graphicbreeze]

So I have a solution to anyone else having issues with this weird .msix file. Honestly dunno why they decided to not make it a basic .exe

Open the .msix file in any zip program (I used 7zip)

Drag and drop all the files into a folder where you want it installed. Once that's done just open the .exe and sign in normally.

Hope this helps others

[myclay]

unzipping is all neat at first until you want to use the studio link solution. (quickly pushing your file to APhoto<>Designer<>Publisher
and of course trying to use the Personas of Publisher.
Resources you downloaded in program x now need to be again downloaded for each program.

[graphicbreeze]

5 minutes ago, myclay said:

unzipping is all neat at first until you want to use the studio link solution. (quickly pushing your file to APhoto<>Designer<>Publisher
and of course trying to use the Personas of Publisher.
Resources you downloaded in program x now need to be again downloaded for each program.

It is the only way I can get these programs to work. double clicking on the msix just asks me what I want to open it with

[Mark Ingram]

43 minutes ago, graphicbreeze said:

It is the only way I can get these programs to work. double clicking on the msix just asks me what I want to open it with

Have you disabled the Windows Store via registry or Group Policy?

 

[theJimmy]

started out a bit frustrated BUT thanks GraphicBreeze

create folder on desktop : PUBLISHER

I used WINRAR to unzip to that new folder

open APP folder and click on "Publisher" icon

Good to Go <3

[Bo H]

Having wasted 30-45 minutes searching Affinity help and Google with no joy whatsoever, I've now given up trying to install 'Affinity Photo 2' and requested my money back.

This new .MSIX installation sucks! Affinity team PLEASE go back to .zip and .exe installations, they've worked since Windows was invented so 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'

[graphicbreeze]

1 hour ago, Mark Ingram said:

Have you disabled the Windows Store via registry or Group Policy?

 

thx that helped. Got it installed properly. Problem now is I can only open it from the start menu. If I go to where the actual program is installed the designer.exe has a lock icon on it and when I click on it I get a pop up saying "windows cannot access the specified device,path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item." So I can't add an icon to my task bar

[Mark Ingram]

17 minutes ago, graphicbreeze said:

thx that helped. Got it installed properly. Problem now is I can only open it from the start menu. If I go to where the actual program is installed the designer.exe has a lock icon on it and when I click on it I get a pop up saying "windows cannot access the specified device,path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access this item." So I can't add an icon to my task bar

Thanks for the update. To pin to taskbar you can launch the app then right click the taskbar icon and choose pin to taskbar, or, find it in the start menu first and pin from there. 

[thump257]

Mark, Does disabling the Windows Store mean that the program can be installed wherever we want? Thanks.

[Kiwidu]

For me the installation of the MSIX packages work and I can open the apps, but as soon as I try to open a file in designer, photo or publisher, the apps keep crashing without any error. And when I try to open the apps again, their icon in the start menu becomes grayed out and Windows tells me to reinstall them, but that didn’t solve the problem. I also tried to deactivate OpenCL in the settings, and when I load an image in Photo it gets at least displayed for one second, but then the app crashes with the same behavior as before. I use Windows 10 Pro, Version: 22H2, Build: 19045.2251.

Interestingly, when I use the unzip method; the apps work fine, even with OpenCL. But this can be only a temporary solution, as it doesn’t provide the registration of the file extensions, and I guess all the other features the MSIX is supposed to give us. So I assume this whole MSIX/WindowsApps thing is messing up something.

The translation of the Windows error: "There is a problem with Affinity Photo 2. Reinstall the application from the original installation directory or contact your administrator."