Disappearing palettes in Dreamweaver CS3

Question

After launching Dreamweaver CS3 on my MacBook Pro in Mac OSX
10.4.9, I discovered that my insert bar, properties palette and
many of the other palettes had become transparent with only their
title bars visible. Clicking inside the invisibale areas simply
brought the desktop or whatever was visible underneath to the
front. I searched for every forum and Google search with no luck.
If anyone else is experiencing this, I found the solution and offer
it here.
There is a conflict with Unsanity's ShapeShifter interface
customization program. When ShapeShifter is enabled, it will cause
palettes in Dreamweaver CS3 on an Intel Mac to become transparent.
To resolve this, go the System Preferences window and click on
ShapeShifter. Click on the Exclude List tab, click the Add button
and select the Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 application icon and click
Add.
Relaunch Dreamweaver and everything should be back to normal,
except that the Dreamweaver interface will return to the original
Aqua scheme.
Apparently, this happens only in Dreamweaver CS3 and no other
Creative Suite apps seem to be affected.

Answer 1

There's another fix that saves the cosmetics at the cost of a
little speed. Make sure Dreamweaver is closed. Select the
Dreamweaver CS3 application, then Get Info. Check the box to run
the program under Rosetta. Close Get Info. When you relaunch
Dreamweaver (assuming you haven't added it to Shapeshifter's
exclude list), it will open with the palettes showing properly and
with the Shapeshifter theme applied.