Omber Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hi everyone! I'm wondering if there's a way to configure Windows 10 Store version of Affinity Photo as external editor? As it's not an ordinary program I cannot just find a path to the executable file and use it in 3rd party software as path to external editor. I tried several workarounds and none of them worked. If it's not possible, then I have another question - is it possible to install ordinary Windows version if I alredy own Windows Store version? Best regards, Andrey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted November 18, 2018 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2018 Hi @Omber, Welcome to the forums. 5 minutes ago, Omber said: If it's not possible, then I have another question - is it possible to install ordinary Windows version if I alredy own Windows Store version? No, unless you purchase a new licence from our website. The MS Store licencing is handled in a different way and does not require a license. It's all done by MS. We cannot suggest any ways of using this as an editor with 3rd party apps as it involves breaking the sandbox feature. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 15 hours ago, GabrielM said: We cannot suggest any ways of using this as an editor with 3rd party apps as it involves breaking the sandbox feature. Which, of course, is entirely reasonable. I, however, do not need to be reasonable - have a look at this thread. Alfred 1 Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saijin_Naib Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 2:31 PM, GabrielM said: Hi @Omber, Welcome to the forums. No, unless you purchase a new licence from our website. The MS Store licencing is handled in a different way and does not require a license. It's all done by MS. We cannot suggest any ways of using this as an editor with 3rd party apps as it involves breaking the sandbox feature. Thanks, Gabe. You can register Affinity Photo to have an App Execution Alias, which will allow command line operations to be done against it with ease. A few "core" MS apps support this already, and a number of other released apps do as well. I can't find the documentation at present, but I believe it is only a modification to the app's manifest file to accomplish this. Big gain for a small investment from you, Serif. Here's an example: Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omber Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 10:31 PM, GabrielM said: No, unless you purchase a new licence from our website. The MS Store licencing is handled in a different way and does not require a license. It's all done by MS. We cannot suggest any ways of using this as an editor with 3rd party apps as it involves breaking the sandbox feature. Hi Gabe, Thanks for the answers, Sad to hear that but I do understand why it is so. Please also take into consideration Saijin_Naib's comment as i feel that it makes sense. 10 hours ago, IanSG said: Which, of course, is entirely reasonable. I, however, do not need to be reasonable - have a look at this thread. Ian, I tried to follow that road even before posting to the forums, but somehow I haven't thought about the ownership thing. It works like a charm this way, thanks a lot! It would be nice however to have an "official" way to do it, if only because I suppose the name of the folder is gonna change after each update which won't allow me to do it once and relax for the rest of my days :) Saijin_Naib 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saijin_Naib Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Any update on this? Other programs have made it happen: It would be very helpful if the Affinity suite would register themselves here as well, so they can be called by other programs. Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saijin_Naib Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 @Gabe This documentation should help: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-desktop-executionalias I know the Store versions of Blender, LibreOffice, and InkScape make use of this manifest flag (because I sent them the documentation on this ) Jowday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfortis Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) I regret buying the windows store version since i cannot use Affinity photo as an editor from many apps (ex Photolab) which is very important. The saddest part is that Affinity Photo still not creating an execution alias as other UWP apps do. Any chance to implement this Serif? Edited October 19, 2022 by sfortis Saijin_Naib 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saijin_Naib Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yeah wow, four years on now and still no progress... Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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