All Affinity Products icons turn to blank AGAIN

[keithfishbiscuit]

so, it has happened again. It seems everytime I install something, this would happen, is it possible to fix this??

thanks

[walt.farrell]

Are you installing the EXE/MSI version, or the MSIX version?

Where are the icons, and how did you get them there?

[keithfishbiscuit]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Are you installing the EXE/MSI version, or the MSIX version?

Where are the icons, and how did you get them there?

I think is the MSIX version. I used Shell:AppsFolder with Run then pull the icons out to the desktop

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, keithfishbiscuit said:

I think is the MSIX version. I used Shell:AppsFolder with Run then pull the icons out to the desktop

Thanks. I think that what's happening is that the updated installation is always in a newly created folder, such incorporates the release number. So you need to recreate the icons after each application update of the MSIX version.

I largely don't use desktop icons anymore. I use the Start menu, and possibly applications pinned to it.

[keithfishbiscuit]

10 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. I think that what's happening is that the updated installation is always in a newly created folder, such incorporates the release number. So you need to recreate the icons after each application update of the MSIX version.

I largely don't use desktop icons anymore. I use the Start menu, and possibly applications pinned to it.

Thank you for your respond. Though when I mentioned installation, I actually mean installation of other software, when I install other softwares, it seems that the icons of the Affinity Softwares blank out

[debraspicher]

A few of us discussed it here. I'm on the EXE/MSI version and it does the same thing with every point release. Nobody knows why. The only difference is I usually have my apps pinned the taskbar because I like to keep running apps arranged by color visually. They stayed pinned to the Start Menu/Start Screen just fine. (Although yours is based on installing other items, it could be related to this...)

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, keithfishbiscuit said:

Thank you for your respond. Though when I mentioned installation, I actually mean installation of other software, when I install other softwares, it seems that the icons of the Affinity Softwares blank out

In that case, I would blame Windows, and suggest searching for info about clearing the Windows icon cache and see if that helps.

[sieaffin]

Hey, same problem here,
can't serif just publish the icons as we can try to use the properties of the link at the desktop to reconnect these.

horst

[keithfishbiscuit]

5 hours ago, sieaffin said:

Hey, same problem here,
can't serif just publish the icons as we can try to use the properties of the link at the desktop to reconnect these.

horst

this is exactly what i am doing right now XD, searched the net for icons, and just downloaded them and converted them to .icon through a website, can't remember the name though, google it

[sieaffin]

I just took the symbols from here:

loaded them into the software Photoline  and exported as *.ico.
Affinity is not capable of dealing with *ico, unfortunately.

[keithfishbiscuit]

4 minutes ago, sieaffin said:

I just took the symbols from here:

loaded them into the software Photoline  and exported as *.ico.
Affinity is not capable of dealing with *ico, unfortunately.

hmm, strange, it worked for me

[Pšenda]

2 hours ago, sieaffin said:

Affinity is not capable of dealing with *ico, unfortunately.

Do you have an MSIX or MSI/EXE version?

[sieaffin]

MSIX, I've started Affinity in the pre *.exe era.
But reading and writing *.ico should be independent of that.