ZWCAD would not start, only staying on the "loading" screen

Issue:

ZWCAD would not start, only staying on the loading screen.

ZWCAD-not-start

Causes:

The “VC++” components that ZWCAD relies on for operation are either not installed or the installed version is incorrect, which prevents ZWCAD from starting up.

Solution:

1. Open Apps & features in Settings->Apps to uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ from your computer.

MicrosoftVisualC

2. Right-click ZWCAD installation package, select Extract to “ZWCAD_202x_Eng_Win_64bit\”.

Extraxt

Open extracted folder and find the Prerequisites as shown in the below path, click on vcredist_2010 and vcredist_20152019 to install .exe application.

replace
vcRedist-install