Dreamweaver CC Won't Open Files

I'm a DW newbie, and I just installed DW CC after getting a CC subscription. Upon opening up DW, I discovered that it won't open any locally saved HTML files; the interface will flash for a millisecond, as if the file is about to open, but then...nothing. This happens whether I use the File...Open command, double click a file in the Finder (with DW defined as the default program for opening HTML files), or define a site in DW and double click a file in the Files panel. I've uninstalled (including Preferences) and reinstalled the program a couple of times, but it still doesn't work, and I have the necessary specs that are defined for DW's System Requirements (including the latest version of Java installed). I've noticed some users have had the same or similar problems with earlier versions of the program, but couldn't find a definitive "fix" anywhere. I'm running DW CC 13.2 on Mac OS 10.7.5
HELP!!

Hi Nancy,
Thank you for your time and patience following this issue up with me.
I won't try to create a new Mac User Account though.
The following answer is not to you, rather to the team @ Adobe.
I have nothing "bizarre" or "unusual", all other Creative Cloud software works just fine. Adobe is the one who should be taking the time to sort this out, not me.
It really amazes me that I have a paid subscription and "all of a sudden" I am working with multiple scenarios, deleting or renaming files when all I want is to receive the product/service that Adobe agreed to charge and offer
to me.
I already moved to Coda, not using Dreamweaver anymore. I don't have time to debug other people's software.
Thank you
Message was edited by: jsoifer

Similar Messages

PSCS6 no longer recognizes my CR2 files and will not open. Using Canon 5DMark III with updated Camera Raw . It has worked before but now won't open files from this camera.

I have been able to open files from this camera before but still checked for latest Camera Raw download. Still won't open files from this camera. Opens files from my 60D just fine. I downloaded the latest and it has worked before. What the heck is going on?

Glad to be of help. But I'm curious (not critical of what you are doing) to know why so many people like to use Nikon Transfer to transfer their files to the computer. It is still necessary to import them into Lightroom. And, from my perspective, it seems simpler and maybe even a little quicker to use the Lightroom import dialog. I have Nikon cameras, and have never even installed the Nikon Transfer utility. What is so unique about it?

Adobe reader won't open file

Bought a new computer last Jan. since then Adobe won't open files , tells me : either not a supported file
or file dammaged / eg. sent as an email , not correctly decoded. Can you help. ML

Please provide a detailed description of your problem. Platform? OS and Reader versions? Where are those files? How are you trying to open them? Could you open them before?

Won't open file

Just purchased converter, did 3 pdf converts to excel and word. When I try to open it says file format not supported, or was sent as an email. What am I doing wrong? I have office 2010. Thanks

thanks for the response - they are working!
David Kastendick <[email protected]> wrote:
David Kastendick http://forums.adobe.com/people/dave_m_k created the discussion
"Re: won't open file"
To view the discussion, visit: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4426523#4426523

My elements 11 won't open files, can someone help?

I have photoshop elements 11. It was working and then I had to close the program and go do something else. When I turned my computer back on I couldn't get elements to open any of my files. It won't open Jpg or Raw. I've tried restarting my computer mulitple times and It hasn't changed. It still won't open files. It will freeze and then close out of the program. Can someone please help me? I just recently got this program for christmas and i'm really wanting it to work.

Please try this:
Solution 1:
1) Close Elements.
2) Hit on PSE desktop icon to launch welcome screen
3) Click Alt+Ctrl+Shift on your keyboad and with all three keys pressed click Photo editor. Do not release when you will see a dialog box asking you to delete the PSE preferences.
4) Hit ok and check now.
Solution 2:
1) Launch Editor.
2) Hit File->open and choose any small file of size < 1 MB and see if it opens fine
3) Try file->open as and choose any file and choose camera raw from file format and when shown ACR dialog box hit ok and will open file in editor.
I hope you are not importing fron any network location which might cause the process to slow or freeze depending on network settings and secutiry issues.
Let me know your comments,
thanks,
Garry

Firefox won't "Open File..." to my hard drive/desk top since my OSX system update yesterday -- why?

Did an automated OSX system update and noticed after reboot that Firefox now won't "Open File..." or recognize any files (video, pdf, etc) on my computer! (Problem may not be related to update but suspicious timing!) Seems to play streaming video OK...
Checked/updated plugins from Firefox site and reinstalled Firefox without success -- issue remains. Safari recognizes all / will "Opens file..."
Any ideas how to fix? Thanks!

Hello, have you tried this full route?
This can fix myriad Mail problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move these folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reboot.
If that doesn't help & you can afford to redo any Mail Rules...
Trash these files...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/... MessageRules.plist and MessageRules.plist.backup

Dreamweaver CS5 won't open any files from a project

Hi,
I'm working on a simple website. I work on it from 2 different locations (home and work), and the files are stored on a removable USB disk. The problem is that for some reason Dreamweaver won't open any files made on the other computer. It shows the sitemap, eveything. But when I click on a file, nothing happens.
I've tried a couple of things:
1. recreate the site in the site manager - still the same problem
2. remove the preference folder - still the same problem
The only solution is that I have to copy the files to my desktop, recreate the website in the sitemanager and then it works. But only if I copy the files to my desktop, any other location on my HD (not the removable USB disk) simply doesn't work.
Does anybody know why this happens? Or even better, does anybody have a tip of how to workaround this problem?
thanks!

The D600 was first supported in Camera Raw 7.3 which is only compatible with CS6 and later - not CS5 unfortunately.
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/camera-raw-compatible-applications.html
Some options:
FREE
Download the free Adobe DNG converter, convert all D600 Raw files to DNGs then open the DNGs in CS5
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html
PAID
Upgrade to CS6
Buy Lightroom 5.4
Buy Photoshop Elements 12
Join the Cloud and get CC (subscription only)
Join the Photoshop Photography Program and get Photoshop CC + Lightroom (subscription only)

**HELP** Dreamweaver won't open files!!!!

I am in a very bad spot right now in that Dreamweaver will not open files; neither .html or .php, neither those created by me, or by others.
I am taking a class in which we must use DW to complete Lynda exercises and my DW will simply not open any files. I have even created test files in DW, saved them, tried to re-open with DW and all that happens is the application frame blinks and no open document appears.
I have a fresh, completly brand-new install of DW as of 6 days ago; all other CS6 apps in my suite work perfectly with no problem or issue whatsoever.
I've never experienced an app doing this before; re-installing, trashing the prefs do not cure the problem.
Maybe sound silly but could my copy of the CS6 downloaded installer contain a "bad" installer of DW?
Please help, if you can; out of ideas here!
thank you in advance,
w

wkjeiwoi wrote:
yes, TW opens no problem
OS X
I may have found a fix: changing the files' "Open With" to Dreamweaver.
never been a problem before, but DW appears to care very much about what this is set to.
thank you!
Actually your OS cares very much what this is set to.
I keep Firefox as my default app topen HTML files, JS, CSS, ASP, PHP all open with DW but my regular files open in the browser. I find it kkeps me from accidentally editing apage I only wanted to view if I limit my ability to open an HTML doc with DW to openingit from within DW (no double clicking an HTML file to open DW)

Dreamweaver CS5 Slow to Open File... Enable Related Files

Hello,
I have a page that uses the Fancybox script and it takes Dreamweaver 50 seconds to open this page.
This script requires jQuery, so in the head of my page I have this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
If I comment that line out, the page opens immediately. Also, if I disable "Enable Related Files", the page opens immediately... neither option is a good one of course.
It's my guess that dreamweaver is retrieving and parsing the remote jQuery file which is what is slowing things down. How to I stop dreamweaver from going after remote files???
I was hoping setting "Discover Dynacially-Related Files" to "Disabled" would do the trick, but trying that has led me to another problem that I posted in a different topic which is that Dreamweaver won't save the selection for "Discover Dynamically-Related Files". That option always returns to "Manually".
Any ideas how to stop dreamweaver from retrieving remote files?
Thanks!
Peter

Im on a mac with CS5 and I have started getting an issue with one of my sites where it is slow to open the files. I tried following the steps in the article you attached here but I can not find that preference file at /Users/Your User Name/Library/Preferences. In fact, I don't have a library under /users/my name.
I can open files fine on a different site, but for some reason just this one is giving me trouble.

Dreamweaver CS5 won't open on Windows 7

Hello all. I installed CS5 Web Premium on a Windows 7 machine. Every CS5 application works except for Dreamweaver. I tried replacing, renaming and removing the "updaternotifications.dll" file and the application still won't open. I also disabled the registry key that gives Adobe CS5 the ability to automatically search for updates. Please help.

Hey rcshield thanks for your help.
I managed to find a solution in a different adobe forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4176387#4176387
nylonblade's post:
"Windows 7 users' possible fix
Hi all Win7 users of DW CS5 that dies after the splash screen. You might want to try recreating your DW preferences as described here:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/839/cpsid_83912.html#main_Restore7V
It worked for me. I think the problem was caused by running CCleaner which deleted the wrong registry key. Bad CCleaner! Be careful running those "helpful" system cleaners, folks. They can royally screw up a computer if you trust them too far.
Anyway, DW CS5 is back in action for me at least.
Regards
Mark"
Worked for me.
Thanks

Latest Keynote update won't open file. Says I need Keynote update! Why?

I'm working on an urgent Keynote presentation for work (yes, on Sat night!) from my boss's MacBook at home ... or, rather, I'm trying to. Keynote just won't open the Keynote file I created yesterday on a different MacBook (reading from USB key). It says I need the newer version of Keynote in order to open this file. I checked ... the version installed was the latest version, but just for good measure, I've just re-installed the update from the Apple site (with boss's permission, lol). No joy ... still returning the same error message. Insists the file version is newer than the version of Keynote I'm running.
Help, anyone?

You are alternating between the two versions of Pages:
Pages 5 and Pages '09.
Pages '09 can not open Pages 5, and Pages 5 alters/damages Pages '09 files.
Pages 5 is in your Applications folder.
Pages '09 is in your Applications/iWork folder.
Peter

I have the latest version of keynote but it won't open files....says I need a newer version

Latest Keynote app was downloaded wirh Maverick update. My keynote files won't open and error message says I need to download latest version. I cannot download newer version (have latest version already) because my purchases say I have already installed it. Any ideas how to fix this?

I have just the same issue. I have the latest version installed. I did work on the file this afternoon, cannot open it anymore with the current version of Keynote (6.2)
It seems that Keynote fails to save the presentation in the right way.
In the Finder the Show package contents command is active when Control-clicking the file. Keynote files that open correctly in Keynote do not offer to show their package contents. I also realized that the .key file not opening is only 135 KB, which is pretty scarce for a presentation.
I suppose this is a file corruption issue, which is needed to fixed by Apple. I'm affraid the contents of those files are gone.

Windows 7/Bridge won't open files in Photoshop CS6 (cloud)

I recently got the cloud CS6 and installed photoshop cs6, then uninstalled CS5.5. But now, Windows Explorer cannot seem to find Photoshop. If I try to associate the default for any file (.jpeg, .tiff, etc.) with Photoshop, Photoshop does not show up on the list of programs. I must browse to find Photoshop exe (CS6 64). I click okay, but it continues to open the file in Windows picture viewer and to associate that file type with Windows Picture Viewer.
If I right-click on the file, it does exactly the same thing. I must browse to Photoshop.exe. But it still opens the file in Windows Picture Viewer.
Fix 1 Try Bridge Associations: I opened Bridge CS6->Edit>Preferences and made sure the files were associated with photoshop. But, when I then try to open the files from within Bridge, I get the message Windows cannot find c:Program Files\Adobe\AdobePhotoshop CS4 (64Bit)\Photoshop.exe. (my emphasis) But I haven't had CS4 installed for years. I did not have this problem when I installed CS5. So now I can't open files from either Windows explorer or Adobe Bridge.
Fix 2 Fix the Registry: So, I opened Regedit and went to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\open\command, and changed the (Default) from "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe" "%1" to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe" "%1" . Don't know why the install left this at CS5.1. It SHOULD have changed it. EUREKA! Windows now recognizes Photoshop CS6 and I can associate files with it as usual. But I had to manually associate the native .psd file with Photoshop. along with .jpeg, .tiff and other image files.
No Fix for Bridge: But back in Bridge CS6, it's not so rosy. I still get Windows cannot find c:Program Files\Adobe\AdobePhotoshop CS4 (64Bit)\Photoshop.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. If I try File--Open with--Photoshop (default), I get the same message. Clearly, Bridge thinks Photoshop CS4 is the default, and I don't know where to change that association. Preferences does not allow browsing. So Bridge is pretty much useless.
So what should I do about Bridge?
Bridge CS6 still won't open Photoshop CS6. It's still looking for CS4. I thought about reinstalling Bridge, but when I try to download it, the cloud tells me it is is already installed and won't download. I am a little worried about uninstalling it and trying again. Maybe, I'll end up with no Bridge at all. I am beginning to regret my decision to go cloud. Don't know if the install mess is just cloud or noncloud versions as well. Doesn't seem to apply to all programs either.
Postcript:
I had to go to the registry and manually change CS5.1 to CS6 for InDesign and Illustrator as well, and then manually associate .indd and .ai files with those programs. What a pain this is. Obviously, the install program didn't change the normal associations to CS6. Left them with the CS5, and then when I uninstalled that--as anyone would normally do--it lost the association completely.

Thank you David__B! Your suggestion worked perfectly. All the files are correctly associated in both Explorer and Bridge. And it didn't take all that long, mostly uninstalling. The Adobe App Manager very efficiently installs several different programs with very little fuss.
I am not sure, but I think it may have been an old plug-in to Bridge back in the CS4 era that I didn't even know I had that was causing the Bridge file association problems. Uninstalling CS5 after installing CS6 seems to be causing Win Explorer problems, not just for me. Based on this experience, I would recommend that anyone with several previous installations of Adobe CS do the following:
Save your plugins and preference files in a back up file.
Uninstall all the old adobe software.
Run the the cleaner you suggested. (http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html).
Install CS6 programs from the CCloud or wherever.
Add your plug-ins back in as you need them one at a time to be sure they work.
If you have already installed CS6 and are having file association problems, just uninstall everything and start at step one. You probably won't save time trying to fix the registry and manually associate file types--- yada yada yada.
Steps 1-6 will give you a nice clean install and salvage only good plug-ins.
Beth

Dreamweaver CS3 no longer opens files

Greetings,
I am not sure where to post this, so I will post here - already have a question open on the Dreamweaver forums.
I have run into an unusual problem. I can no longer open files either on my local machine or remote server without Dreamweaver CS3 freezing. I am using OS X Leopard - 10.5.2 on an Intel MacBook Pro. A week or so ago I was able to open my .asp files just fine. Now, Dreamweaver simply freezes when I try and open them - either locally or remotely. I tried deleted the preferences file and removing site information from Manage Sites with no luck. I can create and open new files, but cannot open the existing files.
I copied the files in question to a PC and opened them just fine using Dreamweaver 8.02. I just don't know enough about the technical aspects to properly troubleshoot this problem. I already tried reinstalling also.
By the way, I am able to access, open and edit my files from the remote server using my PC and version 8.02.
Any ideas?

It seems this is a known issue with Dreamweaver. I was able to access the files just fine by deselecting "display external links" in the view menu. Strange that I did not have to do this before.
For anyone interested, here are some links about this: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=12&catid=18 9&threadid=1262486&highlight_key=y&keyword1=design%20mode and http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401608&sliceId=1

My adobe illustrator cc won't open files

Hey every one
When i open Ai file my adobe illustrator cc won't open the but for other file is good like JPG can you tell me how to fix it ??
and thanks

ConK,
Did you use the full three step way?
Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool, and reinstall?
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Dreamweaver CC Won't Open Files

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for