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I want to be able to install on other Drives , my C drive is full however V2 only comes in MSIX , help.


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@Syntex

Try this in Windows.

System -> Storage -> Storage location for new content

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2 hours ago, Syntex said:

I want to be able to install on other Drives , my C drive is full however V2 only comes in MSIX  , help.  as the title says.   My C drive is full and I don't want to install there,  why isn't there an option to select install path?

I checked the answer in FAQs to move to another location but Windows 10 won't allow this, it asks me to delete other apps?

There's no way I'm letting Windows loose on deleting my stuff.

Is there any other way to install in another (better) location than the default? My C: drive is full enough of Windows junk without adding to it!

Thanks
Barry

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I reported the same problem earlier this week. On my Windows 11 PC, even though I specified the D drive in the Settings app, Affinity 2's MSIX ignored that setting and installed on my C drive anyway. And when I tried to move the app from C to D, the move failed with the error code 0x80073cf6.

I don't have much space left on my C drive and I can't afford to install all 3 Affinity apps there. I purchased and downloaded both Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Photo 2 from Serif. I installed Affinity Designer 2 on the C drive (I had no choice), but the MSIX for Affinity Photo 2 is sitting on an external drive until a fix can be provided by Serif.

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On 11/19/2022 at 10:53 PM, signingin54 said:

.... I tried to move the app from C to D, the move failed with the error code 0x80073cf6.

I'm not sure what could be causing this error when trying to move the app as it's handled by Windows. I'm not getting much information for that error code either.

How much free space do you have on D:?

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I also have found that @Komatös's suggestion: System -> Storage -> Storage location for new content does not work. However just moving the Apps using Windows settings does. If you are short on space, you could install each App, then immediately move it.

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Correct, my suggestion only works for newly installed programmes. Programmes that are already installed can be moved via,
Start -> Settings -> Apps -> Installed Apps and click on the three dots to move them. This only works with UWP apps.

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7 minutes ago, Komatös said:

@John Rostron

Correct, my suggestion only works for newly installed programmes. Programmes that are already installed can be moved via,
Start -> Settings -> Apps -> Installed Apps and click on the three dots to move them. This only works with UWP apps.

 

 

Which means this works if you bought Affinity programs through the Microsoft Store. If you bought them from the Serif Store, they won't move. This is what happened when I tried to move Affinity Des606316923_Screenshot2022-11-18132310.png.dfef7b544eb3aa7b41f024253c2711bc.pngigner 2 from my C drive to my D drive:

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You are right. I have just tried it myself.

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In the past i used sysinternal suite to create junctions and move anything to different drives, This works as long as you are able to find a folder where the stuff is contained, then you can relocate that folder with help of junctions. Used it to keep tons of iTunes backups from drive C.

First, copy all content from source folder to the new drive. Ensure hidden and system files get copied, use e.g. xcopy.

Then, remove the source folder, or move it to another folder to get it our of the way.

Last, create a junction using the folder name, pointing to the new drive.

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/junction

Please try this first on an app that can be re-installed, and backup your data / config.

Use on your own risk. May not work for UWP apps if M$ added some additional restrictions, or you may need to use administrator permissions.

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On 11/20/2022 at 1:55 AM, stuck said:

See this announcement:

as well as the rest of that huge thread.

Hello,

I just purchased the upgrade package and to my shock it installed to C drive automatically. That is a big no-no for me. So where is the MSI package availabel as I am not happy to install the other 2 packages to the same C drive. This should never happen, users should have the option where to install things. I have 5 SSD drives and I do not want to clutter the C drive whith anything but what the OS needs. As a consequence I even reconfigured windows to automatically store Photos, Downloads and so on, on a different drive.

Can anyone point me to the MSI versions? Under my account only the unwanted versions show up.

Andrew

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1 hour ago, Andrew S said:

Can anyone point me to the MSI versions?

They are not available yet. From the previously linked post:

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I can't tell you when this will happen, as there is engineering work that will be required to allow this to happen, but we hope it won't be long.

 They have since said they hope to have this done before Christmas, but there are no guarantees that it will.

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3 hours ago, R C-R said:

They are not available yet. From the previously linked post:

 They have since said they hope to have this done before Christmas, but there are no guarantees that it will.

Thank you for that info. I wonder what I should do with the other two software that I do not want on C drive.

What made them think that we can waste our C drive? Plenty of garbage goes to C drive even without us wanting them to. We do not need more space occupied there. My previous computer run out of C drive space and to migrate the entire operating system to a new larger drive without buying a new windows licens is not a smple task.

I would not have a problem with this installer technology if it would allow the control of the installation location. I guess at Affinity they mainly use MACs and they do not know much about the PC users needs and they did not research it.

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I was wondering if symbolic link/s would work, but much easier to unzip the msix file into wherever you want the apps on your d: drive, then create shortcuts in the start menu or desktop.

And you can then easily reference 3rd party apps eg XnView to open a, in my case, photo directly.

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16 hours ago, signingin54 said:

Which means this works if you bought Affinity programs through the Microsoft Store. If you bought them from the Serif Store, they won't move. This is what happened when I tried to move Affinity Des606316923_Screenshot2022-11-18132310.png.dfef7b544eb3aa7b41f024253c2711bc.pngigner 2 from my C drive to my D drive:

I've been able to replicate this on a few machines using the MSIX build but then on some other machines it worked fine without error.

Is your D drive a partition, VHD or another physical drive? is it internal or external and how is it connected? Sorry for the questions, just trying to find some common ground.

 

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11 hours ago, Andrew S said:

migrate the entire operating system to a new larger drive without buying a new windows licens is not a smple task.

As an aside to the main topic of this thread...

I've never had any trouble doing that, by simply cloning the drive.  There are many programs that have such a drive cloning feature but I've always used the free version of Macrium Reflect.

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11 hours ago, Leigh said:

Is your D drive a partition, VHD or another physical drive? is it internal or external and how is it connected? Sorry for the questions, just trying to find some common ground.

I only use physical drive for D. Usually I do not install anything on the C drive and do not save there either so it is dedicated to OS only. D drive is a separate SSD without partitions and it is only used to install programs and not saving anything else there either. The rest of the othe physycal drives are for data and files.

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1 minute ago, Andrew S said:

I only use physical drive for D. Usually I do not install anything on the C drive and do not save there either so it is dedicated to OS only. D drive is a separate SSD without partitions and it is only used to install programs and not saving anything else there either. The rest of the othe physycal drives are for data and files.

Simplest solution: Ask Affinity for a refund for every product you bought from their Serif store. Then buy the same products from the Microsoft Store. Those should install on D if you specify D as the drive for installing new universal apps.

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On 11/30/2022 at 9:15 PM, Leigh said:

I've been able to replicate this on a few machines using the MSIX build but then on some other machines it worked fine without error.

Is your D drive a partition, VHD or another physical drive? is it internal or external and how is it connected? Sorry for the questions, just trying to find some common ground.

 

All my M.2 MVMe SSDs are internal, 2 on the mother board and another two on a PCIe M.2 card board. Another regular SSD has regular internal wired connection to the mother board directly. I only use external SSDs for backup.

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I've not forgotten about this. I've been continuing to look into this and i'm still having issues trying to move the app. I did try another MSIX app and that also had the same issue when trying to move it and gave the same error. I tried all the solutions listed here and a new user account and the same error occurred. I couldn't find much related to the error 0x80073CF6 but when I tried using Powershell to move the app, I got a more detailed error log:

AppX Deployment operation failed for package
SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_2.0.0.1640_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt with error
0x80073CF6. The specific error text for this failure is: Authorization of
capabilities for SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_2.0.0.1640_x64__3cqzy0nppv2rt
failed with error code 0x800701C5.

I've logged this with our developers to see if it's something they're aware of. If/when I get an update, I will let everyone know.

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