It has come to the attention of the DraftSight team that, due to an expired certificate, Windows* 32 & 64-bit versions of DraftSight released from 2012 to 2017 will not launch and/or will stop running as of March 1, 2017. The DraftSight team have produced a critical hotfix to resolve this issue before that date.
The affected releases are as follows:
| Version (Windows 32 & 64 bit) | Release Date |
| DraftSight 2017 SP0 | November 2016 |
| DraftSight 2016 SP2 | July 2016 |
| DraftSight 2016 SP1 | April 2016 |
| DraftSight 2016 SP0 | February 2016 |
| DraftSight 2015 SP3 | June 2015 |
| DraftSight 2015 SP2 | April 2015 |
| DraftSight 2015 SP1 | February 2015 |
| DraftSight 2015 SP0 | October 2014 |
| DraftSight V1R5.2 | July 2014 |
| DraftSight V1R5.1 | April 2014 |
| DraftSight V1R5.0 | January 2014 |
| DraftSight V1R4.0 | October 2013 |
| DraftSight V1R3.2 | July 2013 |
| DraftSight V1R3.1 | January 2013 |
| DraftSight V1R3.0 | November 2012 |
n.b. Mac and Linux versions of DraftSight (Free and Beta only) do not require this hotfix as they are not affected by the expired certificate.
DraftSight Critical Hotfix installation instructions:
- To avoid usage interruption, please click here to download the DraftSight hotfix
- Save your work and close the DraftSight application.
- Double-click on the hotfix file “DraftSight_HotFix.exe”. The WinZip Self-Extractor appears on the screen
- Click Unzip, then click OK in the confirmation box
- Click Yes to continue installation
- Click OK to complete installation
- Reboot your computer to complete the DraftSight Critical Hotfix.
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