Perrorist Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 The installation of all three products went automatically to my C: drive, despite it being close to full. I would have preferred the option to choose a different drive. Wumpus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Perrorist Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 Could Affinity offer an alternative to MSIX? (BTW, I had to download the MSIX reader from Microsoft Store before I could do anything.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithwjones Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Easy system to put on D drive. Trying to move but it will not move. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 42 minutes ago, Perrorist said: Could Affinity offer an alternative to MSIX? They probably won't. They've invested a fair amount of development time implementing and testing this support. Quote -- Walt Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 22H2, 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 2.1.0betaiPad 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Did you do this? To move the App: Settings > Apps, then select the V2 App, and click on Move. I should point out that the apps are still hidden, albeit on a different drive. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOldFixer Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 18 hours ago, walt.farrell said: They probably won't. They've invested a fair amount of development time implementing and testing this support. As it works easily if you just unzip the msix file it won't take them much time to repackage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOldFixer Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 2 hours ago, John Rostron said: Did you do this? To move the App: Settings > Apps, then select the V2 App, and click on Move. I should point out that the apps are still hidden, albeit on a different drive. John Move fails for me (and a good number of other people). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signoc Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, walt.farrell said: They probably won't. They've invested a fair amount of development time implementing and testing this support. if they did the research they would have found lots of problems with msix that makes professionals avoid msix if they can. Like the problem people are having now where they cant start the program directly, for some it works for others it don't, is basically a mess with the app sandboxing, and quite frankly, why do my software I bought the right to use need to be locked away from me? Edited November 11, 2022 by signoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrorist Posted November 11, 2022 Author Share Posted November 11, 2022 I should imagine that MSIX could cause problems in a corporate environment. The more I think about it, the more I think MSIX as the only option was a big mistake. Graphite Addict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvst Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 This entire Windows App design choice is a terrible idea. Actually finding and running the app is a complete PITA. What about those people who just want an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked to run the program?!! But no, I have to go find the shortcut link in AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps, send a shortcut to the desktop and then go an find an icon, since there are no icon resources in the shortcut link EDIT: I don't want to have to click the menu, scroll down, then click the app. I just want to double click it on my desktop for quicker access, but that choice is not open to me now, annoyingly so. This is literally the only piece of significant software I have where I can't interact with it in the normal way. I use a desktop, not a tablet and I'd imagine most Windows users of Affinity also use it on a desktop or laptop and won't find the move to the tablet-focused part of the Windows 10 interface very helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonKnight2 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 hour ago, rvst said: This entire Windows App design choice is a terrible idea. Actually finding and running the app is a complete PITA. What about those people who just want an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked to run the program?!! But no, I have to go find the shortcut link in AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps, send a shortcut to the desktop and then go an find an icon, since there are no icon resources in the shortcut link EDIT: I don't want to have to click the menu, scroll down, then click the app. I just want to double click it on my desktop for quicker access, but that choice is not open to me now, annoyingly so. This is literally the only piece of significant software I have where I can't interact with it in the normal way. I use a desktop, not a tablet and I'd imagine most Windows users of Affinity also use it on a desktop or laptop and won't find the move to the tablet-focused part of the Windows 10 interface very helpful I haven't purchased Affinity 2 yet, but it sounds like the Affinity 2 installer creates some sort of Start Menu entry in Windows. If that's the case, you should be able to open the Start menu and scroll to your app name. Then, left click and hold the app icon to drag and drop a shortcut anywhere on your desktop for quick launch. Unless Serif did something weird with the installer, you can generally use that trick with any software that doesn't create a shortcut on the desktop but has a Start Menu entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvst Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Just now, MoonKnight2 said: I haven't purchased Affinity 2 yet, but it sounds like the Affinity 2 installer creates some sort of Start Menu entry in Windows. If that's the case, you should be able to open the Start menu and scroll to your app name. Then, left click and hold the app icon to drag and drop a shortcut anywhere on your desktop for quick launch. Unless Serif did something weird with the installer, you can generally use that trick with any software that doesn't create a shortcut on the desktop but has a Start Menu entry. Thanks, I know all that and that I can drag and drop in the way you suggest. If you look at this comment, you'll see why that's unsatisfactory: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrorist Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 I tried the drag-and-drop idea but it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonKnight2 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, rvst said: Thanks, I know all that and that I can drag and drop in the way you suggest. If you look at this comment, you'll see why that's unsatisfactory: Oh, wow. I haven't seen that other link and read about the icons. What an odd design choice. I can see why there is some frustration in the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrorist Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 I moved the apps to a preferred drive and created shortcuts. They all looked the same, so I replaced the icons with those from V1 and now it all looks like it should have done from the start. I repeat my comment that the decision to use MSIX and provide no alternative was a bad one and should be reconsidered. MoonKnight2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 10:56 PM, Perrorist said: The installation of all three products went automatically to my 😄 drive, despite it being close to full. I would have preferred the option to choose a different drive. You can tell Windows to install Apps onto any drive. Use Settings > Storage. Windows does not always remember these settings. It could be that they are reset after a Windows update. It behoves you to check before any new installation. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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