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Should I remove Affinity Designer?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #33,859
United States Rank #25,157
Reach 0.0037%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.7.3.481 4.17%
1.7.1.404 1.39%
1.6.4.104 19.44%
1.6.3.103 1.39%
1.6.2.97 16.67%
1.6.1.93 4.17%
1.6.0.89 8.33%
1.5.3.69 15.28%
1.5.2.58 18.06%
1.5.1.43 5.56%
1.5.0.36 5.56%

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Affinity Designer

Overview

Affinity Designer is a program developed by Serif (Europe) Ltd. The most used version is 1.6.4.104, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The software installer includes 82 files and is usually about 1.1 MB (1,150,002 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 66% of users of Affinity Designer come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: go.seriflabs.com/affinity-site
Help link: go.seriflabs.com/affinity-help
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\affinity\affinity designer\designerhelp\contents\resources\shared
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{FF6BE303-AC9B-4577-B10D-CCA99183BEAF}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 1.1 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Affinity Designer

  • thumbnail.dll - Affinity (Affinity Thumbnail Handler)
  • d3dcompiler_47.dll (by Microsoft) - Direct3D HLSL Compiler for Redistribution
  • designer.exe - Designer (Affinity Designer)
  • libaffinity.dll
  • libbmp.dll
  • libgeometry.dll
  • libhunspell.dll (by http://hunspell.github.io/) - Hunspell Dynamic Link Library (libhunspell)
  • libkernel.dll
  • libocio.dll
  • libpdfimport.dll
  • libpersona.dll
  • libpk.dll
  • libpsd.dll
  • libraster.dll
  • librenderer.dll
  • libstory.dll
  • libxmp.dll
  • pdflib.dll (by PDFlib GmbH) - PDFlib for Windows (32bit) (PDFlib - a library for generating PDF on the fly (32bit))
  • serif.affinity.dll - Serif.Affinity
  • serif.affinity.resources.dll
  • serif.directx.dll
  • serif.interop.persona.dll
  • serif.interop.persona.resources.dll - SerifInteropPersona
  • serif.requirements.dll
  • serif.win32.dll
  • serif.windows.dll - Serif.Windows
  • api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll (by Microsoft) - ApiSet Stub DLL
  • api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll

How do I remove Affinity Designer?

You can uninstall Affinity Designer from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Affinity Designer, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Affinity Designer.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 86%
Win 7 (SP1) 14%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#33,859

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 86.11%
Windows 7 13.89%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 51.39%
Windows 10 Pro 26.39%
Windows 7 Home Premium 5.56%
Windows 7 Professional 5.56%
Windows 10 Home Single La... 4.17%
Windows 7 Ultimate 2.78%

Distribution by countryGeography

65.66% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 65.66%
  United Kingdom 9.09%
  Germany 4.04%
  Netherlands 4.04%
  Norway 3.03%
  France 2.02%
  Italy 2.02%
  Poland 2.02%
  United Arab Emirates 1.01%
  Australia 1.01%
  Belgium 1.01%
  Switzerland 1.01%
  Czech Republic 1.01%
  DK 1.01%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.26%
Dell 13.04%
Acer 13.04%
Lenovo 13.04%
ASUS 10.87%
MSI 4.35%
Samsung 4.35%
Toshiba 4.35%
Sony 2.17%
Medion 2.17%
GIGABYTE 2.17%
American Megatrends 2.17%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.17%
MSI MS-7924 3.45%
Hewlett-Packard 700-515xt 3.45%
TOSHIBA Satellite S855 1.72%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE PRO C70... 1.72%
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 1.72%

About Serif (Europe) Ltd

Serif is a developer and publisher of desktop publishing and graphic design software for the PC and offers free, feature-restricted versions of its latest titles and maintains a separate website allowing customers to download free copies of older versions of their applications.
Publisher URL: www.serif.com

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