Resetting DraftSight to Default Settings

Devin Sachs
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Problem

If you are having problems in DraftSight with customization not working correctly or other unexplained issues, your user settings may have become corrupt. Below are the instructions on how to revert to default settings for DraftSight.

Solution

Here are the steps for reverting to default settings:

  1.  Close DraftSight
  2. Open Windows Explorer and browse to
    • C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\DraftSight\<version number>
  3. Right-click on the Profiles folder and choose "Rename", append -OLD to change the entry to Profiles-OLD.
    Draftsight Profiles folder highlighted in Explorer
     
  4. Restart DraftSight and check if the issue still occurs. 

  5. If renaming the Profiles folder did not fix the issue, browse to:

    C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming and rename the DraftSight folder.

  6. The issue should no longer occur. 

For further technical support, please contact Hawk Ridge Systems at 877.266.4469 for the U.S. or 866.587.6803 for Canada and support@hawkridgesys.com. 

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