
png with your "Photo" app or with another viewer but time to time you want to open them with Affinity Photo to edit them. crw (raw) and so on without changing the associations on your Windows.įor example, you use to open the. Then, you would be able to open whatever type of files you want with Affinity Photo. The main objective is to add "Affinity Photo" as a configured program (also called external program) in XNView MP. Important: the executable created is not an official one and it is not signed! Some antiviruses will alert you that it could be a dangerous file and it's true it could be in some situation but not here. The question is what to do to be able to add "Affinity Photo" executable in XNView MP as a " Configured Program"? Step 4 - Create an Alternative Affinity Photo Executable The EXE can be linked but doesn't open anything and both aliases cannot be linked because XNView MP doesn't recognized them as real executables. Unfortunately, and for an unknown reason it doesn't work. We have the real EXE (Photo.exe) and 2 aliases (AffinityPhoto2.exe) that we can use with XNView MP but without any further secret.

It's messy the way it is! And I totally agree with this thinking 😊.
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Windows also adds an alias on (not fro all apps): "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_3cqzy0nppv2rt\AffinityPhoto2.exe"Īnd if " App execution aliases" for Affinity Photo has been enabled, another one on: "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\AffinityPhoto2.exe" The executable " Photo.exe" to run the application is on: "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_2._圆4_3cqzy0nppv2rt\App\Photo.exe" Here is the path for Affinity Photo: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd.AffinityPhoto2_2._圆4_3cqzy0nppv2rt
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When you install an app from the Microsoft Store, the app is installed on: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ This step is important to understand how I've fixed the problem and it's always good to understand more about how things work! Isn't it? 😊 The result: Step 3 - Understand How Affinity Photo is Installed (from Microsoft Store) Restart XNView MP and you should be able to visualize Affinity Photo files (.afphoto). Open " XNView MP", then go to the menu Tools/Settings/General and tick " Show all graphic formats". Here is the link: Step 2 - Show Affinity Photo files in XNView MP (First Problem Solved)

You have to use Microsoft Store to install it.

Step 1 - Install the appsĭownload and install XNView MP from the official website: I couldn't open my raw (.nef) files with Affinity Photo v2 without changing my " Default app" for my raw files. I couldn't open Affinity Photo v2 files (.afphoto) from XNView MP.
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