Thank you I have just checked what you say and I can indeed add further program(s) ~ phew! Though it would be nice to make the selection a single selection step from the GUI dropdown
Now, to figure out a way to add the path of the unsearchable AP v2 .exe Note ~ I know copying & pasting the path I found works for FastRawViewer so it can be done depending the program in use?
You can find the path using Task Manager. Open the Processes tab, find Affinity Photo 2 (that needs to be running), expand and select the Affinity Photo 2 executable, right-click and select Open file location. The you have the path in Explorer if you right-click and open Properties for example. (In two pieces at least, the Location directory and executable name.)
The problem with this is likely that it looks to be version-specific and will probably break with every update. Don’t know how applications that want a path are supposed to deal with this, but from what I’ve read this is how apps from the Microsoft store are installed.
Thanks, I have previously tried that method and the various other ones and as noted above the only that yielded results for me when adding it FastRawViewer was the windows search method.
There are also executables under %HOME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps I see. Maybe these are intended to be what other apps reference, but I’m just guessing.
Affinity pressed on with apps knowing they can’t work with many (most) other programs and now say other programers need to adapt there programs to deal with the mess the Affinity apps have created.
The only way of runing any program in the Apps folder is to remove the security on that folder. I am told there have been nasties in the wild that caused MS to tighten the secrity so I have been told its not really a good idea. Pl is one of the programs that only exportys to EXE if they changed just that its esy to make a bat and run from that. But is a mess Affinity have created.
There are also executables under %HOME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps I see. Maybe these are intended to be what other apps reference, but I’m just guessing it will run direcly from there but it will not run via PL or other programs I have tried. I don’t understand why but I expext its the programs lack rights?
it the apps folder security, Affinity know this and went on with apps. They say DxO can/should change PL to allow app use but given DxO how likly is that?
Certainly seems like a big omission for Serif to change the installation like this and not provide a solution for use as an external editor.
Does anyone know where the Affinity v2 release notes are? I’ve been searching, but haven’t found them. You’d think Serif would at least mention the issue there unless they’re clueless themselves. Or write as lousy release notes as DxO.
and FastStone and FRV but I don’t have Affinity V2 and since we have users with V2 here, can I pick your brains and ask why would I buy a copy of Affinity V2, even though it is currently cheap!?
The only resion I have got it is the lack of phone support by PL and unable to open dng in PL. Hopfully not only will Affinity open DNG but have support for my new phone (if I get it)
Affinity 1 is no problem its the change to 2 being a app thats causing so many problems.
I tried all the suggestions on the link page(s) but the one I missed and have now found works for me is the batch file method as follows
To clarify how I found the process works…
I made the batch file and named and placed it in my folder of choice
Then when I opened in PL the Export Application and used the Browse to navigate to the previously created folder. Edit ~ to ensure that you can see All Files and not just .exe as the PL system demands…in the Item Selection box put an * (the good old Windows wildcard) and press enter and that will reveal All Files in righthand side window
Clicking on the .bat file adds it into the file name box
Clicking Open completed the process.
Thereafter picking the named choice in the drop-down box in the Export Application dialogue box activates the batch file which triggers a command box in the background and starts Affinity Photo 2
HTH helps others to keep trying
PS the thread where the explanatory posts can be found here
As do I. There is a post (somewhere) by an Affinity staff member on the Affinity forum that says the discount launch price will run until 14 Dec. I’m hoping the MSI installer will become available before that date.