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I am using a MacPro, running OS 10.5.8 and have CS5.
This has happened a twice to me:
When I click to run Dw, the program will open... kind of. I get no startup screen and the options bar across the top simply says "Dreamweaver" and gives a few drop down options like "Services" along with the always there Hide/Hide Others... I can't open any of the documents that I've been working on and nothing else happens.
Last time this happened, I restarted my whole machine, and Dw then opened just fine, however I attempted a restart again and now I get nothing.
Since this has only happened twice, but I the only trend I can see is that it happens following a machine shutdown, when I boot back up in the morning. I generally keep my machine running and on "sleep" but I have shut the entire thing down a few times recently and that is the only commonality I can see in the Dw failures.
Help?
I have all of my software updated and my anti-virus is up to date. I am a graphic and web design student, in my last year at University, so I am only halfway as proficient as most of you all, so it may be something obvious, but I just can't figure it out.
Thanks.

If it's only happening recently perform the following steps. First, if you have added any extensions recently, disable them. Next, go to your user Library->Preferences folder and delete the .plist file with Dreamweaver in the name. This will delete program prefernces such as window layout and other program related settings. This will not affected saved Sites. Then re-open DW and it may take longer while the preferences file is re-created. See if that helps.
If it does not help, run a repair permissions from the disk utility in the utilities folder and post back when it's done. If you have urgent work that needs to be done, you can try logging in as a different user (creating an account if one does not exist) and see if that helps.

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