I had never opened a 3mf file. The only event between working/not working was the software update to 4.8. After the update, my printer was still set as the default, and everything was as I had left it. Except, of course, that it will no longer slice anything.
I only mentioned the placing models off the build plate because it was a detail that might trigger an idea. Centering the models is not a problem, but it is something (else) that changed with the upgrade.
Not slicing… yeah. That's an issue.