Affinity 2.2: Odd Update Behavior (W11)

[Baddy]

Tech specs:
System: Windows 11 Pro (22H2)
Memory: 32GB DDR4

 

Hello gamers,

yesterday I got prompted about an update when opening Designer 2, so I went on the Affinity website and downloaded the 2.2 installers for Designer, Photo and Publisher.
After installing all three, I went and opened Designer 2 again from my Start menu.
Another pop-up, telling me 2.2 is now out and if I want to download it. "That's odd, didn't I just install that?"
I check version of Designer and sure enough it's still on 2.1. Weird. 
So I close Designer and open the installer again:

Okay. "Maybe a faulty update?" 
I press reinstall, it's done almost instantanously.
Pressing the Launch button, I finally boot into Designer 2.2.
So I went ahead and just to make used Reinstall with the other two installers too.
Today I open Photo via Start menu and get greeted by the familiar update notice yet again.

You can probably tell by now: 
Opening Affinity software over my Start menu pins opens 2.1, while opening over the installer opens 2.2.
So I had a look:

Installed apps:

Start menu (with my pins):

Start menu > All apps:

I am not too sure what is going on, but I can't even inspect the location of the 2.2 installations.
Got some information out of it by looking at the Designer 2.2 task:

Whereas my Affinity 2 installation is under the default location:

 

Is there some kind of conflict with new W11 features or something? 
That would be my first guess.
Anyway, I would happy to resolve this. Having 2 installations/instances hovering around isn't very pretty. 😛

Edited September 20, 2023 by Baddy
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[Callum]

Hi Baddy,
Welcome to the forums

It sounds like you might have installed the .exe version alongside the MSIX version of the apps. I'd recommend uninstalling all currently installed versions of V2 and then reinstall all of the apps using either the MSIX or .EXE installer.

Thanks
C

[Baddy]

22 minutes ago, Callum said:

Hi Baddy,
Welcome to the forums

It sounds like you might have installed the .exe version alongside the MSIX version of the apps. I'd recommend uninstalling all currently installed versions of V2 and then reinstall all of the apps using either the MSIX or .EXE installer.

Thanks
C

Hey Callum,
I think you are right on the money here.
Had the MSIX files downloaded and stored on a server before setting up this machine about a week ago.
Is it possible for future installers to check for an existing installation and ask the user if they like to update instead so there is a context-sensitive install even across installation files?
Honest mistake on my part, but I also see other people potentially run into that issue.

Anyway, thanks for the help!
Will go and fix my installation now 😛