Can't find Fireworks (OSX)

Question

I recently upgraded to Studio 8, and I have a few DW
extensions that use Fireworks for image/photo manipulation. Since
the upgrade I keep running into problems when I try to use the
extensions - it says that FW is not installed. I've added it in the
DW prefs, had it running, etc. but no luck.
I contacted the extension authors - one had no clue, the
other said repair permissions - that worked once or twice, but
having to stop and do that a few times a day is unreasonable. The
second author then sent me a hacked version that has FW always on,
but now that's acting up telling me that only one session is
allowed.
Has anyone else run into this, and how did you fix it - at
least I hope you were able to fix it.
Thanks

Answer 1

When doing the following in Dreamweaver: Command\ Create Web
Photo Album", I get a glimpse of the dialogue box, only to have
this message appear in its place: "This command requires that
Fireworks 4 or later be installed on your machine".
I can choose "Download Fireworks trial", and have reluctantly
done so. Don't know if this will help-- especially given the above
experience. (I dislike trial software, because they can become a
future pain with the cpu.)
BTW, although I can boot up and work in Fireworks;
Dreamweaver seems to not recognize it. I'm teaching myself the app.
using Khristine Annwn Page's book Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004.
The book is great for pointing out bugs in the software. This
problem is not mentioned however.
Platform: Mac, OS x 3.9.
App's: Macromedia Studio MX 2004 (which includes Fireworks 7)
is fully installed on G5's hard drive.