1. Open Final Draft;
2. Choose Reader mode;
3. Once in the program, open the Help menu;
- If it says Deactivate, choose that and click Yes to confirm that you want to deactivate;
- If it says Activate, choose that and enter your Final Draft Customer Number (starts with KFDx, EFDx, or XFDx), then click Activate;
4. After deactivating (or activating) Final Draft, close and reopen it;
5. If you are prompted to activate, choose that, enter your Final Draft Customer Number (starts with KFDx, EFDx, or XFDx), then click Activate;
6. If you are not prompted to activate, open the Help menu;
- If it says Activate, choose that and enter your Final Draft Customer Number (starts with KFDx, EFDx, XFDx), then click Activate;
- If it says Deactivate, dismiss the Help menu;
The "Tampered With" error message should no longer appear.
If you need your Final Draft Customer Number, you can retrieve it by clicking here.
10031
https://fd.support/3P3qz7A