daibhidh Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 No problem dragging icons onto desktop from apps folder to create shortcuts and they work fine, but today the program icons have been replaced with generic Windows icons. I tried creating new shortcuts but still no icons. Reboot no help. I can change the icons to v1 icons from the v1 program files, but I'd rather have the new icons back. I found 3 v2 .exe files in the Users folder (e.g.: Users\[me]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityDesigner2_3cqzy0nppv2rt\AffinityDesigner2.exe), but they are all 0 bytes with no icons. Very strange. Where are the V2 programs? (Probably coincidence, but I first noticed the missing icons after using the MS Edge browser today for the first time since installing V2 apps.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw99 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Exactly the same problem has occurred with my system running Windows 11. Re-installation did not resolve the issue and the icons are a missing from the appsfolder. The task bar and start menu do have appropriate associated icons with each affinity program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Welcome to the forums @Huw99, Please read this post... Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daibhidh Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 @Huw99: On my system the icons still exist in the appsfolder, but the desktop shortcuts had generic document icons. Today I deleted all three shortcuts and again dragged icons from the appsfolder to create new ones. I now have the V2 icons back. The issue might be that I shortened the screen names of those three shortcuts, and that the icons disappeared after exiting and restarting Windows. I still don't grok why this might be so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw99 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I originally made shortcuts from the AppsFolder and all appeared good with appropriate desktop icons for each of the affinity programs. Overnight these became generic windows icons both on the desktop and in the AppsFolder. I deleted the desktop shortcuts, uninstalled the programs. Subsequent re-installation did not resolve the missing icons in the AppsFolder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daibhidh Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) This is getting crazy. I've shut down and started numerous times and the logos were still there. I restarted today and the Publisher icon was replaced. Dragging the Publisher logo from the AppsFolder does not bring it back. Photo and Designer logos remain. During the interval I only used Photo, not Designer or Publisher. I'm going to completely shut down and then start and see if anything changes. Nope, no change. I can make shortcuts with Photo and Designer logos, but not with a Publisher logo. Edited December 4, 2022 by daibhidh add information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muirén Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I suspect this may be related. I'm running V1 & V2 Upgrade on a Surface Book 2 with 8 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro 64-bit. My desktop V2 icons have no issue but every time I pin the V2 icons to the taskbar, they look fine until I reboot the system, then they appear blank though still functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daibhidh Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 @Muirén: I pinned V2 apps to the taskbar 9 days ago. Icons still there in Win 10. Gave up on the desktop and deleted all Affinity shortcuts. This on Win 10 Pro, I believe Win 11 treats the taskbar differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkmate Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I got around this by creating manual shortcuts to the Affinity 2.0 apps, using the exe locations from this thread: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityDesigner2.exe C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPublisher2.exe (Replace 'username' with your own). Instructions: Right click on the desktop and choose New > Shortcut For file location use the relevant location above Once the shortcut is created, right click and choose Properties > Change Icon Choose the appropriate .ico file for each app (attached) Note: I also used these .ico files and exe locations to add each app to my right-click context menu for certain files like PDFs: Affinity Designer 2.ico Affinity Photo 2.ico Affinity Publisher 2.ico Tesla5 and irkmiller 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezez Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 So what is going on with these icons? Just installed Designer and Photo v2, icons on desktop are gone after reboot. Windows 10 Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted February 11, 2023 Staff Share Posted February 11, 2023 Hi Ezez, Welcome to the forums Please could you try the suggestions posted previously in this thread to see if they work for you? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irkmiller Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Had a similar problem. The icons were showing if I created them on the desktop (as suggested by the thread Ron P. references above) but, as soon as I dragged them into a folder on my desktop, the icons were replaced. I finally created shortcuts using Checkmate's suggestions and they worked fine when I dragged them into a folder. I saved the .ico files into the same WindowsApp folder to simplify the process. Edited February 17, 2023 by irkmiller clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus_S Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 12/4/2022 at 3:31 AM, Muirén said: I suspect this may be related. I'm running V1 & V2 Upgrade on a Surface Book 2 with 8 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro 64-bit. My desktop V2 icons have no issue but every time I pin the V2 icons to the taskbar, they look fine until I reboot the system, then they appear blank though still functional. Had the same problem with but with Photo only. The other apps were fine. Worked around the problem by uninstalling everything and installing the MSI versions instead. Not the first time Windows messed MSIX and Windows Store apps for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Markus_S said: Had the same problem with but with Photo only. The other apps were fine. Worked around the problem by uninstalling everything and installing the MSI versions instead. Not the first time Windows messed MSIX and Windows Store apps for me. Updating the MSIX versions moves the files, and can invalidate shortcuts you've created manually. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus_S Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Updating the MSIX versions moves the files, and can invalidate shortcuts you've created manually. Photo was not showing an icon without pinning and mere running. Well, it's alright now with the regular MSI version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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