launching Affinity Photo from .bat file with an argument

[maajdl]

Hello

I am trying to connect Affinity Photo 2 to FastStone Viewer as an external program to edit pictures.
I am apparently on the right track by using this command for launching an UWP app which Affinity Photo 2 now is:

start explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_3cqzy0nppv2rt!SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2

This command does indeed start Affinity Photo 2 .
However, I am unable to add the path to a picture as an argument to this command.

Would that be possible, as it was for the old version of Affinity Photo 2 ?
Or is that not possible?

I guess it should be possible but how?
Another command?

Thanks

Michel

Edited November 26, 2022 by maajdl

[lacerto]

Obsolete.

[RichardMH]

Ther eis a little exe file that should work. Other option should be to show the file in explorer and right click on it.

 

[Arakel]

You can use a bat file:

start /b affinityphoto2.exe %1
Exit

Or you can also use the aflauncher from Affinity:

 

[GeoffH]

I can recommend the Affnity launch exe that's available. I used it to successfully get xnview mp to work with V2 Photo.

[maajdl]

Thanks to all !
I did not know about the alias !
I did not know about "start /b", which solved the last annoyance I had!
Thanks

Michel