# Important Information Regarding Launching Clients

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215 "2016-02-13T21:50:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215/1 "2016-02-13T21:50:48Z")

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There has been an important knowledge base article written regarding potential issues with launching an Ignition Client via Java Webstart after February 15th, 2016 at 16:00:00 PST. Newer versions of Ignition are not affected, but everyone is encouraged to read this article to see what issues may apply to their installed version of Ignition and what workarounds are available.

[https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047135532-Ignition-Client-Blocked-by-Java-Security-Settings-Certificate-Expired-](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047135532-Ignition-Client-Blocked-by-Java-Security-Settings-Certificate-Expired-)

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**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215/2 "2021-05-19T04:40:05Z")

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broken link

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215/3 "2021-05-19T06:02:56Z")

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Thanks, the link is fixed now.

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**Author:** ![Olivia\_Smith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/olivia_smith/32/31775_2.png) [@Olivia\_Smith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Olivia_Smith)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215/4 "2022-02-09T15:45:54Z")

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Thank you for the information!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/important-information-regarding-launching-clients/11215/8 "2024-04-30T15:57:53Z")

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Unpinned on April 30, 2024, 3:57pm UTC