Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) Hi, I recently attempted to install Affinity Photo 2.0.3, but was unsuccessful. I tried changing the file extension to .msi, but received an error stating that it is an unknown software. As I prefer to only install software that has been certified by Microsoft, I am hesitant to continue with the installation. Will this issue be resolved in the near future? If so, I would be interested in purchasing Affinity Photo if it is compatible with Cartoon Animator 5. However, if I am unable to install the software within the next 24 hours, I will have to consider other options. Thank you for your assistance. Best regards, Greg T. SOLUTION: Change the non-existing extension (which the software developer forgot to add) to .msix and it makes the file able to install. So change affinity-photo-2.0.3 to affinity-photo-2.0.3.msix Edited January 1, 2023 by Greg T added solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. It is an MSIX file, and renaming it won't help. What exactly happens when you try to run the MSIX file? If you get an error message, please shuyt us the exact message. Also, what Windows version are you running? The output from the winver command would be useful. 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Make sure you have a correct version of Windows and update if necessary. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 minute ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. It is an MSIX file, and renaming it won't help. What exactly happens when you try to run the MSIX file? If you get an error message, please shuyt us the exact message. Also, what Windows version are you running? The output from the winver command would be useful. Hi, when I double click on the file, it asks me how I want to open the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Make sure you have a correct version of Windows and update if necessary. See attachment. 2TB M.2 hard drive space about 500GB left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 23 minutes ago, Greg T said: Hi, when I double click on the file, it asks me how I want to open the file. Thanks. Please check the suggestions in the FAQ: 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Greg T said: (which the software developer forgot to add) I think the problem occurred when you downloaded the installation file. I just tried to download the file, and of course the msix extension is included. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 13 minutes ago, Pšenda said: I think the problem occurred when you downloaded the installation file. I just tried to download the file, and of course the msix extension is included. Sometimes the file extension is there but not shown Pšenda. Windows 10: Open File Explorer; if you do not have an icon for this in the task bar; click Start, click Windows System, and then File Explorer. Click the View tab in File Explorer Click the box next to File name extensions to see file extensions Click the box next to Hidden items to see hidden files https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-enable-hidden-file-extensions-in-Windows.html Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 28 minutes ago, Pšenda said: I think the problem occurred when you downloaded the installation file. I just tried to download the file, and of course the msix extension is included. I have firefox 102 (haven't updated to latest yet)... so this issue must be with FireFox 102. At least I have made it known and a solution for others whom may follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: Sometimes the file extension is there but not shown However, "not showing" extensions for files of known types should not lead to the fact that the file does not really have this extension. In the OP's case, the extension was created from version 2.0.3 - i.e. ".3". 45 minutes ago, Greg T said: so this issue must be with FireFox 102. At least I have made it known and a solution for others whom may follow. The fact that you reported a possible problem to other users is completely fine. I was merely responding to your false accusation of the developers that you made here. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) *delete msg* Edited January 1, 2023 by Greg T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) *delete msg* Edited January 1, 2023 by Greg T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, Greg T said: You didn't see the whole picture But it doesn't change anything about what I wrote - or does it? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Pšenda said: But it doesn't change anything about what I wrote - or does it? Ok. It didn't have a extension, so microsoft windows didn't know how to run it. Solution... change it to have the file extension. I guess nobody is really to blame because I don't know how it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 9 hours ago, Pšenda said: But it doesn't change anything about what I wrote - or does it? No it doesn't, but, how would you know if the file has an extension or not if the option to show the extension is not enabled. My post was just a simple diagnostic step should a windows user need to check. 🙂 Pšenda 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 3 hours ago, firstdefence said: No it doesn't, but, how would you know if the file has an extension or not if the option to show the extension is not enabled. My post was just a simple diagnostic step should a windows user need to check. 🙂 Because File Explorer showed it as a "3 file" in the file-type column, rather than an MSIX file or some other kind of file. 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGawer Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Same problem as GREG T I have download affinity-designer-2.0.3.msix, affinity-publisher-2.0.3.msix, affinity-photo-2.0.3.msix. When doubleclik any of them, the system ask me what program will open it. My OS: Windows 10, version 22H2 (compilation 19045.2486) Trial Version 2.0 run without problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg T Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 6:16 PM, AndyGawer said: Same problem as GREG T I have download affinity-designer-2.0.3.msix, affinity-publisher-2.0.3.msix, affinity-photo-2.0.3.msix. When doubleclik any of them, the system ask me what program will open it. My OS: Windows 10, version 22H2 (compilation 19045.2486) Trial Version 2.0 run without problems. The solution currently is that you'll need to change the extension to have .msix then you'll be able to install. It downloads without an extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Greg T said: The solution currently is that you'll need to change the extension to have .msix then you'll be able to install. It downloads without an extension. They always download with the extension for me. If they're not downloading that way for you, you may have a problem with your browser? What URL are you downloading from? 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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