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Affinity Publisher: task management


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Dear colleagues,

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I'd like to bring to your attention a situation I've noticed regarding Affinity Publisher beta. Sometime, although I haven't started this application during the session, it seems to have been running in the background ever since the machine started up. This observation contrasts with the behavior of the other applications in the suite, namely Affinity Designer beta and Affinity Photo beta, which show no such persistent activity.

This unsolicited operation of Affinity Publisher could have implications in terms of system efficiency and security. I would therefore appreciate it if you could verify and confirm whether this is a deliberate feature or a possible irregularity.

Thank you for your feedback,

6 cœurs, 12 processus - Windows 11 pro - 4K - DirectX 12 - Suite universelle Affinity (Affinity  Publisher, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo).

Mais je vous le demande, peut-on imaginer une police sans sérifs ?

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It seems unlikely it would have started by itself, so the most likely explanation, to me, is that you did not fully shut down your system at the end of the prior session, and Publisher beta was running at that time and did not fully terminate.

Sometimes I have had that happen, even in V1 and the retail V2 releases.

Assuming you tried to close Publisher Beta the last time you used it, and it didn't terminate, do you recall what you were doing? Also, when you experience this, you could expand that entry by clicking the triangle, then right-click on the application process and choose to "Create DMP". The dump might help Serif determine what the app was doing.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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On several occasions I've noticed that the Affinity Publisher beta task is active, even though I haven't run it since powering up after a complete computer shutdown. I'm puzzled by this situation.

The next time I notice this behavior, I'll obviously produce a dump. I hope this will help diagnose the phenomenon.

6 cœurs, 12 processus - Windows 11 pro - 4K - DirectX 12 - Suite universelle Affinity (Affinity  Publisher, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo).

Mais je vous le demande, peut-on imaginer une police sans sérifs ?

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