Stuart444 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I used file browsers XnViewMP and Olympus workspace. When using Affinity1, I was able to set up a shortcut in those programs to open the file being viewed. This no longer appears to be possible. The Photo 2 exe file is in an odd location "C:\Users\stuar\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_3cqzy0nppv2rt\AffinityPhoto2.exe". Neither of these programs will allow me to access AffinityPhoto2.exe. Please can you advise me how to get round this? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Probably you should uninstall the MSIX-based V2 applications you have installed, and download the EXE installers. Then install using those installers. 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...
Stuart444 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Thanks for your reply, Walt. You were right. I had installed Affinity 2 from the file affinity-photo-2.1.1.msix, so I uninstalled it. I found affinity-photo-msi-2.1.1.exe on https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/universal-licence/and installed that. The shortcuts in both programs set up normally and now work. Many thanks! Without being too technical, can you tell me why there are two installers, and why the downloads page pointed me first to the msix one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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v_kyr Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 For MSIX installer based app launching for third party tools see ... Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart444 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Ah, I see now, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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