Marmach Posted November 13, 2022 Posted November 13, 2022 Hi. Is there any option to force install Affinity Photo 1.x instead of doing upgrade? I had AP installation on one of partitions and for some reason I had to change drive letter. Obviously, some programs stopped working so I've removed them and/or reinstalled them. This was not possible for AP, as I got "invalid path" error when trying to remove it. I used Windows tool for complete removal. However, some info on AP installation must be still present on my PC somewhere, because every time I run installer, I only get the option to "update". When I "update" AP, it gets installed on C:/Program Files/Affinity (it has never been there previously). I can now remove it normally, but when I run installer again, it gives me only the "update" option. (This happens under Win10) Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 13, 2022 Posted November 13, 2022 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. For this situation, I would suggest the MIcrosoft Uninstall Troubleshooter (unless that's the tool you meant you'd already used). It's likely that there is at least one Registry Key remaining that is telling the installer that the program is already installed, and where it is/was. 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
Marmach Posted November 13, 2022 Author Posted November 13, 2022 That's the tool that I've mentioned... I cannot use it because Affinity Photo is not on the list. I can "install" it (by "updating"), then remove it with MS troubleshooter, but when running installer, I get "update" option only. 6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It's likely that there is at least one Registry Key remaining that is telling the installer that the program is already installed, and where it is/was. I'd say that there must be two of them - one that gets written when "updating" and a second that is invisible to MS troubleshooter. Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 13, 2022 Posted November 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Marmach said: That's the tool that I've mentioned... I cannot use it because Affinity Photo is not on the list. Sometimes you need to tell that tool some more information when it does not find the application. I don't know the details of that, however. One of the Serif staff should be able to assist, when they get to this. 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
Marmach Posted November 14, 2022 Author Posted November 14, 2022 20 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Sometimes you need to tell that tool some more information when it does not find the application. I don't know the details of that, however. One of the Serif staff should be able to assist, when they get to this. Yes, I've noticed that it's possible to provide app identifier instead of choosing it from list, but the one that I've found in the registry while looking for "affinity photo" did not solve the problem... Quote
walt.farrell Posted November 14, 2022 Posted November 14, 2022 OK; I've got nothing more, I'm afraid. 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
lphilpot Posted December 20, 2022 Posted December 20, 2022 I've not had this issue specifically but in the past I've had success with Revo Uninstaller: https://www.revouninstaller.com/products/revo-uninstaller-free/ Also, after uninstalling, check for Affinity 2 entries in the registry and remove. Also clear out %localappdata%\temp and reboot before trying again. But the best idea is to contact Serif Support. Quote Len Affinity Photo 2 | QCAD 3 | FastStone | SpyderX Pro | FOSS: ART darktable XnView RawTherapee Inkscape G'MIC LibreOffice Windows 11 on a 16 GB, Ryzen 5700 8-core laptop with a cheesy little embedded AMD GPU Canon T8i / 850D | Canon EF 24-70mm F4L IS USM | Canon EF 70-200mm F4 L USM | Rikenon P 50mm f/1.7 | K&F Concept Nano-X filters ...desperately looking for landscapes in Nolandscapeland Flickr
Marmach Posted January 27, 2023 Author Posted January 27, 2023 Hi, just to let you know - I actually used Revo Uninstaller and it removed AF1 completely so that I was able install it normally in a chosen directory. It's funny, because I had used Revo previously with no success, probably because of being overcautious - it seems that I must have unchecked some registry keys. Thanks for the help! lphilpot 1 Quote
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