John T Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Resolved I have an issue with Affinity Publisher Ver 2 exe not launching on my windows 8. I have allowed it through Avast anti virus but has made no difference. I removed it an reinstalled it using the download, that did not work. I downloaded a new instance of the exe file with the same result. I also have it on my win 7 laptop which also has Avast anti virus and it works fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 Thanks N.P.M but the EXE files were added to enable older versions of windows to run Publisher 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, John T said: but the EXE files were added to enable older versions of windows to run Publisher 2. No, that's not why they were added. There were a variety of reasons. And, possibly, allowing Windows Server LTSC B (or C?) 1809 was one of them. But certainly not Windows 8. The main reasons involved interactions with 3rd-party applications, I think. But Windows 8 was never a consideration from anything I've read................. 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...
John T Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 @walt.farrell Thanks Walt I got that wrong then! Don't get how it works on Win 7 just lucky I guess. I suppose I will have to start saving for a Win 11 laptop. 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, John T said: Don't get how it works on Win 7 just lucky I guess. That's really weird. How sure are you that it's V2 that you have running there? 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...
John T Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 @walt.farrell During launch the splash screen shows Publisher 2. Also the new foot notes, side notes and end notes are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Thanks. Next guess would be that you really have Win 10, not Win 7 Otherwise, something very odd is going on. 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...
John T Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 @walt.farrellWell Walt you have hit the nail on the head. I have just checked my Win 7 machine and you are correct, it is running Win 10. My memory is not what it was and I had forgotten I had updated, I only looked on the bottom of the laptop case. I will get an external drive to back up the files and folders then install Win 10. Had it not been for your usual help I would still be puzzling over this. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 You're welcome. Glad it's sorted out 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...
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