Powerhorse Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 How to clean the system (Windows 10) completely from all Affinity installations? Also registry entries etc. After that I want to reinstall V2. I have V1 and V2 on the system, but V2 has problems that I could not fix even with a reinstallation. Is there a way to rid the system of all Affinity entries without having to reinstall the system? Quote I am so Sorry, Google translate for me, I am not liable for Google ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 58 minutes ago, Powerhorse said: How to clean the system (Windows 10) completely from all Affinity installations? Also registry entries etc. After that I want to reinstall V2. I have V1 and V2 on the system, but V2 has problems that I could not fix even with a reinstallation. Is there a way to rid the system of all Affinity entries without having to reinstall the system? Don’t know about Windows, but be sure that you have backup files for your V1 add-ons first! BRUSHES, ASSETS, STYLES, MACROS, PALETTES. A clean system means a clean install, means default entries in all of those Panels. “Forewarned is fore-armed.” PaulEC 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.5.5. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhorse Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 Thanks for the advice @jmwellborn. I am aware of that. jmwellborn 1 Quote I am so Sorry, Google translate for me, I am not liable for Google ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Powerhorse said: but V2 has problems that I could not fix even with a reinstallation. I believe that, generally, reinstalling the app does not help. I would suggest closing all the V2 apps, then starting Publisher or Designer. Hold the Ctrl key while you start it, and release when you get the Clear User Data dialog. (On Windows, you might need to click on the app's icon on the Taskbar to get the dialog to show up.) Once you have the dialog, select everything, and click Clear. 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 18.1.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David in Яuislip Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 After uninstalling Photo V2 on windows 10 I did a registry search for serif and found the following keys HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PolicyCache\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_3cqzy0nppv2rt HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\UserData\UninstallTimes HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.afdesign\OpenWithList HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPaths HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Compatibility Assistant\Store and lots of MRUList entries for various file types which deleted ok The following are not deleteable HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\StateRepository\Cache\ApplicationUser\Index\UserAndApplicationUserModelId\5^SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_3cqzy0nppv2rt!SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\StateRepository\Cache\PackageFamily\Index\PackageFamilyName\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_3cqzy0nppv2rt HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1891439106-709389660-2628101506-1001 %UserProfile%\.affinity\ still existed 104files 84.1 MB even after reboot, deleted by me never to return Quote Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Intel i7-1360P 2.20 GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Affinity Photo - 24/05/20, Affinity Publisher - 06/12/20, KTM Superduke - 27/09/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhorse Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 I deleted last night what I could find ... some entries in the registry could not be deleted ... Then I reinstalled the apps, now everything works again. Thanks for your tips Quote I am so Sorry, Google translate for me, I am not liable for Google ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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