Dreamweaver CS3 crashes on opening

I recently purchased the Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium,
and all programs work fine, with the exception of Dreamweaver CS3.
When I try to open Dreamweaver, either from the program list or
opening an html document with Dreamweaver, it shows the opening
page and then quits, either showing no error report or the window
"Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 has encountered a problem and needs to
close", appears. When I click on "view technical info" within this
window, it says that the following file, located in the temp
folder, will be included in the error report: 5d67_appcompat.txt.
Each time the error comes up, a similar file is named, but with a
different letter/numnber combination before appcompat.txt. I THINK
I have done all of the obvious things, including
uninstalling/reinstalling, installing the trial version of
Dreamweaver, moving the appcompat.txt files from the temp folder
(though I think they are created when I try to open Dreamweaver. I
have also completed the suggested actions on the Dreamweaver
troubleshooting page (
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15481&sliceId=2),
through step 17. Unless someone suggests something else, I will try
uninstalling/reinstalling Dreamweaver in safe mode next. I also
should note that I previously used Macromedia Dreamweaver 2004, and
had trouble uninstalling it, and thus went through the steps
recommended on Adobe's technote "Uninstalling Dreamweaver MX/MX
2004 on Windows". Any further suggestions on how to get Dreamweaver
to work?

Dooza wrote:
>
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_16794
That technote refers to the Site Cache. The Dreamweaver file
cache that
normally causes problems is described here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19105&sliceId=2#dat
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
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"TMCDesign" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
quote:
> They are *.ste files, and they are stored where you put
them when you
> exported them.
>
>
> In Leopard, there is an awesome new utility that backs
up your computer
> automatically, just "plug and play" like all Mac things
that are
> great.
>
> I just needed to know what type of file it was I was
looking for. When I
> go
> back and look at my various stages of backup, I can then
pluck the file
> out of
> wherever it is.
>
> .ste (that's the Mac extension?)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>

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>> One of my .net sites began crashing this morning
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>> in Dreamweaver.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402776
>
> --
> David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3"
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>
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> rcsnyder wrote:
>> One of my .net sites began crashing this morning
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>> in Dreamweaver.
>
>
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402776
>
> --
> David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3"
(friends of ED)
> Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
>
http://foundationphp.com/

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