Mannyzoomster Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I have been trying to uninstall Affinity 2 with no success. I have the latest 2.0.3 version. The software works fine and launches with no problem. I am just wanting to uninstall it for now. In Windows 11 I have tried Settings>Apps>Installed Apps, and tried to uninstall but keep getting this message: "We couldn't uninstall Affinity Photo 2 The operation did not complete successfully Try again in a bit. The error code is 0x80073cfa, in case you need it." I have looked at the FAQ section in this forum and those suggestions did not seem to help. Would appreciate if someone could assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Did you install it the expected way, by running the MSIX file? Or some alternative way? Have you tried Restarting Windows? You might get some additional hints to help resolve it by doing a web search for windows uninstall 0x80073cfa but the ones I found were fairly general. 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...
Mannyzoomster Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 9 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. Did you install it the expected way, by running the MSIX file? Or some alternative way? Have you tried Restarting Windows? You might get some additional hints to help resolve it by doing a web search for windows uninstall 0x80073cfa but the ones I found were fairly general. Hi. Yes installed with the msix file directly from serif website. I have tried restarting Windows. I have tried uninstalling from Windows settings Apps over the last couple of days and nothing works. I am reluctant to use some of what the internet is saying about 0x80073cfa as I am scared of making things worse. Why is it so difficult to uninstall this software? Never had any problems with other software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 9 hours ago, Mannyzoomster said: Why is it so difficult to uninstall this software? Never had any problems with other software. And I've never had a problem uninstalling this software. So something odd is happening. Also, no one else is reporting this problem in the forums, so it seems like something specific to your machine. Those situations are always hard to debug, and sometimes indicate problems caused by other software that you have installed. Sorry I can't provide an actual fix at this time. 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...
Staff Lee_T Posted February 19, 2023 Staff Share Posted February 19, 2023 Hi Mannyzoomster, Are you able to right click the app in the start menu and click "uninstall" that way? Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron6319 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 No you can't as there's only one option of each of the Affinity's. Is this a delete and a lot of program left behind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ron6319 said: No you can't as therere only one of each of the Affinity's What 🤔🤔 ? I know Win11 is not that different from Win10. I currently have AP, AD, APub versions 2.04, and the current beta, 1714 installed. That's not to mention the version 1. Each are present in the Start menu, and I can right-click and uninstall any of them. Also I used the MSIX installer, not the MSI/EXE. 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...
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