Degrading of WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER by Microsoft [WMP]
@TheRoadCrew wrote:
waldo@susie:~/Downloads> file *x64.msix Affinity x64.msix: Zip archive data, at least v4.5 to extract, compression method=deflate
Have to admit I have no idea *whatsoever* what you meant by the above (?)
I should maybe explain here that I'm very "non-techy" - some stuff I understand (html, bits of php and mysql), but a lot of it I just don't. Even really patient explanation doesn't always get the message through 
@TheRoadCrew wrote:Potentially harmful, I guess; I suspect if that's how Affinity are distributing it and it comes from a trusted source it'll be fine.
Yes that made sense, and thank you. Still a bit wary because of the age of my PC (approaching seven) and not a great deal of hard drive available (total capacity only 118Gb) but figured I should try downloading again.
This morning there had been a follow-up e-mail from Affinity, with a download link. So I clicked that.
What downloaded was not the same as yesterday - yesterday was some long filename maybe with CR in it somewhere, and not with the usual dot-something suffix at the end. Unfortunately didn't screenshot before letting it delete, so beyond that I don't know.
Today's download was visibly different. Affinity x64.msix, it said. With a box (graphic) of some sort, to its left.
So I clicked on it.
Somewhat reassured now that this is (probably) going to be okay.
Other stuff to do, right now, but will try the install later. Again, thanks for the help, appreciated.
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@Penny wrote:
@TheRoadCrew wrote:
waldo@susie:~/Downloads> file *x64.msix Affinity x64.msix: Zip archive data, at least v4.5 to extract, compression method=deflate
Have to admit I have no idea *whatsoever* what you meant by the above (?)
The file program on Linux identifies the 'Affinity x64.msix' file as being, essentially, a ZIP file.
If you have something like WinZIP installed you should be able to view the contents before installing:
@TheRoadCrew wrote:
The file program on Linux identifies the 'Affinity x64.msix' file as being, essentially, a ZIP file.
Thank you for clarifying 
tbh I don't know the first thing about Linux (aside from having heard of it) but it's like a different operating system, yes (?)
@TheRoadCrew wrote:>>waldo@susie:~/Downloads> file *x64.msix Affinity x64.msix: Zip archive data, at least v4.5 to extract, compression method=deflate
Ref waldo@susie: Some dim recall, now, of having seen something a bit like that in MS DOS, years and years back, 1993-ish, where my eldest (then nine) explained about putting dir at the command prompt, to list the contents of a directory. Same sort of principle, yes (?)
@TheRoadCrew wrote:If you have something like WinZIP installed you should be able to view the contents before installing
Well this is where it gets weird. Yes I have WinZip or at least something that unpacks zipped files, via an 'extract' option.
However. When I clicked 'Install' on Affinity, there was none of the usual 'running setup' or whatever. Twenty seconds of decreasing percentages, then an endlessly-moving blue circle. Eventually I clicked on the icon that had installed itself in the (footer) taskbar, and it said something like 'Affinity is not responding' then 'reporting the problem to Microsoft' and then it closed (and vanished from the taskbar).
I wondered if it had failed altogether to install, but no, Affinity could be seen on clicking the Windows icon bottom left of the desktop monitor. Selecting it brought up a large graphic that told me to log in to Canva through my browser (and it generated a new tab where my login details were already in place, to allow me to do so). And hey presto! I was in.
Yet how. No sign of a WinZip set-up nor of any included files like those shown in your graphic, during an installation that disclosed nothing of what was actually being added to the PC. I checked the properties on the C drive and it seems to have gone down about 2Gb from a couple of days back (I'd shifted a significant amount to the 2Tb backup drives so as to try to leave 40Gb - approx 1/3 - free space on the main hard drive) though from your list doesn't look like 2Gb of content - oh, just realised your screenshot shows only part of the list, judging by the blue scrollbar at the side.
Meanwhile no sign of Affinity in Windows (C:) Program Files nor in Windows (C:) Program Files (x86). The file listings are (both) alphabetical so it's not like I've missed seeing them somehow.
So I looked on Control Panel - Programs - Programs and Features - Uninstall a Program, on the basis that *that* might give some clue as to where Affinity was installed.
The 'uninstall' page is also alphabetical.
And Affinity's not there either.
Random 😐
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@spile wrote:
If you are struggling to install Affinity ...
No, that's just it - it *is* installed, as per my last post.
Was installed yesterday, as described, in 20 seconds flat.
I have no idea *where*, but it's there, and it's accessible.
And it's amazing.
Looks to have an awesome range of capabilities - well beyond anything I might ever need or use, but who knows.
Haven't yet figured out how make the tiny text and even-tinier enclosed pictures on the "Learn" videos, big enough to be legible/comprehensible, but I'll get there
One day at a time.
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@Penny wrote:Looks to have an awesome range of capabilities - well beyond anything I might ever need or use, but who knows.
Haven't yet figured out how make the tiny text and even-tinier enclosed pictures on the "Learn" videos, big enough to be legible/comprehensible, but I'll get there
One day at a time.
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There is a forum - search Creofora Affinity where you can get tips. Sadly the old excellent Serif forum was closed down when Canva took them over. Check out the Elaine Giles and Affinity Revolution tutorials on YouTube.