

In Windows settings have you altered any settings for the OS standard Documents folder location? Some people will have this folder moved to a separate partition or even a different hard-drive. It may not.Ĭould you provide a screenshot of the Preferences>Performance dialog window please? Curious as to your settings for RAM usage limits.

I know I don't update just because MS says to. Check to see if this update will provide you with anything beneficial before updating. However there is a more recent update version it's 21H2, build date: Build: 19044.1415. It's the most current on the Semi-Annual updates. I know you stated you thought that you're running the most up to date Win10 version, and yes you're kind-of correct. pdf in Publisher I did access a new dialogue box but it never opened the file.īelow are screenshots of The error i get when I tried to close after attempting to open a file, a screen shot of my task manager, and the new dialogue box. When I attempted to replicate this with Designer and open and. and allowed the program to open files with the file>open. This only lasted until I closed the program. Now the interesting part, Using the context menu in windows "Open with" Affinity Photo this allowed me to open a. Have you tried, possibly with Designer or Photo, Opening an existing file? Try with File > Open, and by using drag/drop from File Explorer, and with right-click and Open With from File Explorer.Ĭhanging the Hardware acceleration was suggested by carl123 above (Thanks carl123!), it did not change anything with the issue, If I attempt to open any file through the in program menu using File>Open the program hangs for a sec and then/or dose nothing, sometimes it freezes, but if the program dose not hang and I attempt to close the program, then I get an error message that stated the program cannot quit while the program is loading a file, but it never loads the file, I attempted it with a 64kb image, and let it load for 2 hours with it never opening. I would really expect it to work, or for you to get a crash. It's odd that nothing seems to be happening. (I don't think that was suggested above.)

You could try turning off Hardware Acceleration (OpenCL) in the Preferences for Publisher.
