Dreamweaver 8.0.1 gone buggy!

Question

After months of smooth-sailing with DW8, I am suddenly having
three problems.
1) Whenever I close the program, I lose my FTP settings for
the several Web sites I am working on. I re-enter the codes every
day, the save box is checked, but information evaporates as soon as
I close down the program.
2) Most recently, when I try to "save" a web page I have made
a new change on, it does not save the file properly. Instead, a new
window opens up saying "Save as Template." The only way I can
effectively save a page I have made changes to is to do a "save as"
and then replace the existing file.
3) I have tried to download the updater to bring me to DW
8.0.2, but I am unable to do so. I am able to download the .exe
file, but when I try to open it, I get the following message:
"Contents cannot be unpacked. The executable you are attempting to
run has been corrupted." I have tried downloading new .exe files
several times, but none of them will open for me.
Can anyone advise me as to a possible CAUSE of these
problems? Previously this week I had more general problems with my
computer freezing, no matter what program I was running. But that
problem seems to have resolved when I replaced my mouse. Have
checked for virus and spyware, and have found none.
Apart from the cause, is there a SOLUTION for these problems?
Would deleting Dreamweaver from my computer, then using the CD to
re-install it be a sensible way to go??
Thanks. Phil in Boston

Answer 1

Phil,
If you have been having other problems with your PC freezing
etc, there may
well be other forces at work, not related to DW. Have you by
chance
installed Internet Explorer 7 lately?
If so, theres a technote on the Adobe site somewhere about
it, you need to
get that 8.02 update working IIRC. Tried to contact Adobe to
get ftp access
to the update? Tried to download it on another PC and
transfer it to your
dev. machine?
Brendon
"wirebird" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> After months of smooth-sailing with DW8, I am suddenly
having three
> problems.
>
> 1) Whenever I close the program, I lose my FTP settings
for the several
> Web
> sites I am working on. I re-enter the codes every day,
the save box is
> checked,
> but information evaporates as soon as I close down the
program.
>
> 2) Most recently, when I try to "save" a web page I have
made a new change
> on,
> it does not save the file properly. Instead, a new
window opens up saying
> "Save as Template." The only way I can effectively save
a page I have made
> changes to is to do a "save as" and then replace the
existing file.
>
> 3) I have tried to download the updater to bring me to
DW 8.0.2, but I am
> unable to do so. I am able to download the .exe file,
but when I try to
> open
> it, I get the following message: "Contents cannot be
unpacked. The
> executable
> you are attempting to run has been corrupted." I have
tried downloading
> new
> .exe files several times, but none of them will open for
me.
>
> Can anyone advise me as to a possible CAUSE of these
problems?
> Previously
> this week I had more general problems with my computer
freezing, no matter
> what
> program I was running. But that problem seems to have
resolved when I
> replaced
> my mouse. Have checked for virus and spyware, and have
found none.
>
> Apart from the cause, is there a SOLUTION for these
problems? Would
> deleting
> Dreamweaver from my computer, then using the CD to
re-install it be a
> sensible
> way to go??
>
> Thanks. Phil in Boston
>