open file via drag&drop onto program-icon in Aff V2 does not work

[Christian5]

ello,
in Affinity V1 I could open a file by dragging and dropping it onto the programme icon.
In Affinity V2 this does not work!

Why? Is this a Windows setting or a programme error?
How can I restore the old behaviour?
Thank you for help!

Greetings
Christian

[GarryP]

Is this the same problem which you seem to have posted already, or a different one?
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/174057-open-file-via-dragdrop-on-program-icon/
 

[Christian5]

It is the same problem, but at that time I did not get an answer to my question, or an inaccurate answer, even after further explanation. That's why I have included a video this time to clarify the issue.

[GarryP]

You could have just added the new post, with the explanatory video, to your original thread and the thread would have ‘bubbled up to the top’ of the threads.
That would keep all of the relevant information together in one place and made it easier for other people to find.
Adding new threads for existing stuff just makes things more complicated for everyone.

[Christian5]

OK! Next time!
Can I still correct this? How does that work?

[GarryP]

If one of the moderators sees this, and has the time, they should be able to stick your first post to the end of the other thread and remove the rest of this thread.

[Christian5]

Thanks!

[GarryP]

You’re welcome.

[Dan C]

Hi @Christian5,

Thanks for your post and our sincerest apologies for the delayed response here. We are exceptionally busy following the release of V2 and we thank you for your continued patience and understanding here.

On 1/14/2023 at 12:36 PM, Christian5 said:

in Affinity V1 I could open a file by dragging and dropping it onto the programme icon.
In Affinity V2 this does not work!

Why? Is this a Windows setting or a programme error?

I can confirm this is due to how the desktop shortcut has been added for V2, in that the 'Target' is not a direct .exe file and therefore Windows does not understand that you are trying to open a file within the application.

There are 2 options to resolve this here.

Firstly, if you navigate to the application alias .exe files in the following locations, then right-click these and select Send to > Desktop (create shortcut), these will then allow you to drag and drop your images onto the shortcut to open them in V2 - however unfortunately these application alias exe's don't have a icon present and appears as such:

Affinity Photo V2:
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe
 
Affinity Designer V2:
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityDesigner2.exe
 
Affinity Publisher V2:
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPublisher2.exe

Alternatively, we now offer the regular EXE version of the apps, where this should simply work as expected with the shortcut icons automatically generated when installing the app.

If you wish to swap from MSIX to EXE, please visit the below links and select the Also Available : EXE  options below the download button:

Photo - https://store.serif.com/update/windows/photo/2/
Designer - https://store.serif.com/update/windows/designer/2/
Publisher - https://store.serif.com/update/windows/publisher/2/

Then uninstall the MSIX versions through Settings > Apps and install the .EXE versions as normal. This should retain your custom saved content and creates desktop shortcuts, the same as V1.

I hope this helps

[Christian5]

Danke für die Rückmeldung. Das ist ja eine gute Nachricht.

Thank you for the feedback. That is good news.

[Carolyn D]

I have been waiting for months for this fix! Thanks very much for getting this out there so I can do proper file associations in my Adobe products as well.