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Not sure what you mean by it "blocking apps". What does it prevent you from doing?

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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5 hours ago, Kraptan said:

In version 2.4.1 the welcome panel at startup is blocking apps. It's necessary to open a file by double clicking on it to avoid the panel and open the apps.

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If it's the one on the Right, just uncheck the box in the lower left corner of that screen, Show on Startup.

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Just now, Ron P. said:

If it's the one on the Right, just uncheck the box in the lower left corner of that screen, Show on Startup.

Yes, that will stop it from appearing. But I'm still curious about the OP's problem because that box doesn't "block" anything as far as I know.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
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I was thinking having the Reopen Document setting in The Settings>General, might be blocked. However I've tested that theory, and it's not the case.

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23 hours ago, Kraptan said:

In version 2.4.1 the welcome panel at startup is blocking apps. It's necessary to open a file by double clicking on it to avoid the panel and open the apps.

The app does not open completely, freezes when displaying the interface and starts loading the home panel with recent documents. It is necessary to close it with the task manager. The way to open it and make it work is to open a file to skip the start panel.

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18 hours ago, Ron P. said:

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If it's the one on the Right, just uncheck the box in the lower left corner of that screen, Show on Startup.

I understand about disabling the home panel, but the app freezes before I can do anything.

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11 minutes ago, Kraptan said:

The app does not open completely, freezes when displaying the interface and starts loading the home panel with recent documents. It is necessary to close it with the task manager. The way to open it and make it work is to open a file to skip the start panel.

Thanks for that clarification of your problem. Perhaps you have Recent Documents that the application cannot access for some reason?

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
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7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks for that clarification of your problem. Perhaps you have Recent Documents that the application cannot access for some reason?

I have realized that the problem is only in the "Recent" tab. Yes, some documents may no longer exist or have been renamed.

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1 hour ago, Kraptan said:

I have realized that the problem is only in the "Recent" tab. Yes, some documents may no longer exist or have been renamed.

No longer existing or having been renamed should normally not be an issue. However, things like network drives that are no longer connected, or files that have been migrated by a cloud service, could affect the speed of the Recent Documents showing.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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21 hours ago, Kraptan said:

I have realized that the problem is only in the "Recent" tab.

Sorry to hear this! We can try and resolve the issue by clearing the applications 'Recents' list. 

Please open Windows Run (Windows Key + R) then depending on the Affinity app you're using, paste the following string and press OK:

  • Photo - 
    %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Photo\2.0\Settings\
  • Designer - 
    %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Designer\2.0\Settings\
  • Publisher - 
    %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Publisher\2.0\Settings\

In the window that opens, please select the 'RecentFiles.xml', then delete this file.

Relaunch the Affinity app(s) and you should hopefully find this freeze/force close no longer occurs :)

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Over a few wees now I have been fighting the issues that I'm having with Windows 11 Smart App Control blocking certain features of Affinity Publisher.  Today I finally updated to Publisher 2.5, same problem.  I reinstalled to 2.4 version same problems.  It has something to do with the certificate from Affinity (according to Micro Soft).  Getting tired of how not only be older apps (thank God I kept my older computers for them) but also newer and up to date ones are having this issue with the certificate not being verified by MS defender.  There has to be a way around this.

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1 hour ago, Liz1521 said:

Over a few wees now I have been fighting the issues that I'm having with Windows 11 Smart App Control blocking certain features of Affinity Publisher.  Today I finally updated to Publisher 2.5, same problem.  I reinstalled to 2.4 version same problems.  It has something to do with the certificate from Affinity (according to Micro Soft).  Getting tired of how not only be older apps (thank God I kept my older computers for them) but also newer and up to date ones are having this issue with the certificate not being verified by MS defender.  There has to be a way around this.

Welcome to the Affinity forums.

Are you getting any messages? 

Are you using the default MSIX version of the applications or the alternative MSI/EXE versions?

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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46 minutes ago, Liz1521 said:

I am using MSIX Version for my personal computer

You could try uninstalling all of your V2 apps, downloading the EXE/MSI installers, and reinstalling using those installers instead. 

Note that when new releases come out you'll need to be careful to download that version of the installer each time.

 

 

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1

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Welcome to the Affinity Forums @Liz1521!

On 6/3/2024 at 8:59 PM, Liz1521 said:

It has something to do with the certificate from Affinity (according to Micro Soft).  Getting tired of how not only be older apps (thank God I kept my older computers for them) but also newer and up to date ones are having this issue with the certificate not being verified by MS defender.

Based on your post / screenshot in this thread it looks as though you are accessing files directly in the 'Windows Apps' folder - which is a locked & protected folder that Microsoft controls, and this is likely the reasons for the security errors you're seeing.

For the MSIX apps, please launch the Affinity apps from the Start Menu and this should open without error.

If you want or need access to a direct .EXE file, as shown in this above screenshot of yours, then I'd recommend uninstalling the MSIX version entirely and using the EXE version as Walt suggests above.

Note that the FAQ linked above requires updating (which I will do ASAP!) as the download(s) pages on the Affinity site have since changed.
You need to select the 2nd options listed here for EXE installers:

https://store.serif.com/update/universal-licence/

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I hope this helps :)

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