SPRRPD339 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 I am primarily a Linux user and dual boot my system. When I need to use Affinity suite or some other Windows program I just boot into Win 7. Until now Affinity V1 has worked fine and I have never really had any desire to upgrade to Win10. I DLd the 30-day trials just to give them a try first but with every intention of purchasing sooner rather than later. But I found the installer is a .msix and not the usual .exe that I am used to. So as it stands now I can't install V2. I have searched and it *seems* there is some framework that can be added to Win7 to make .msix files install but I can't find any clear instruction on how to do it. V2, especially in Designer, has some features that I have very much been hoping for so I am keen to be able to use it. Am I out of luck using it on Win7 or am I going to be forced to upgrade (is it an upgrade?) to Win10? There is not an insignificant number of people still using Win7 so this is disappointing to say the least. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debraspicher Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, SPRRPD339 said: I am primarily a Linux user and dual boot my system. When I need to use Affinity suite or some other Windows program I just boot into Win 7. Until now Affinity V1 has worked fine and I have never really had any desire to upgrade to Win10. I DLd the 30-day trials just to give them a try first but with every intention of purchasing sooner rather than later. But I found the installer is a .msix and not the usual .exe that I am used to. So as it stands now I can't install V2. I have searched and it *seems* there is some framework that can be added to Win7 to make .msix files install but I can't find any clear instruction on how to do it. V2, especially in Designer, has some features that I have very much been hoping for so I am keen to be able to use it. Am I out of luck using it on Win7 or am I going to be forced to upgrade (is it an upgrade?) to Win10? There is not an insignificant number of people still using Win7 so this is disappointing to say the least. Any help or advice would be appreciated. They are adding option later an MSI installer because of negative response to MSIX installers. There is a 17 page thread on it. You can see Serif's update here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 That still won’t help unfortunately. The app does not support Windows 7. debraspicher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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