Dreamweaver CS4 Hangs

I just purchased a new Dreamweaver CS4 and have installed it
5 times, uninstalled 4 times on my Windows Vista Premium machine.
When starting I get splash screen and that's it. I was on phone
with Adobe support for about an hour and they could not figure out
issue. If I install on different computer it works fine. Any advise
welcome.

longviewnet wrote:
> I just purchased a new Dreamweaver CS4 and have
installed it 5 times,
> uninstalled 4 times on my Windows Vista Premium machine.
When starting I get
> splash screen and that's it.
If you're using an Acer computer, there's a known conflict
between
Dreamweaver and Acer eDataSecurity Management V3.0. You can
find a patch
here:
http://www.egistec.com/oem-acer001/program-update.html
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4",
"PHP Solutions" & "PHP Object-Oriented Solutions"
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justforgroups wrote:
> Once I disabled the firewall, all worked fine. I do not
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>
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This is a user-to-user forum, so your comments might help
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Hello Mark,
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I'm working from three different computers to generate the site content.
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I'm on a cable connection to the internet at work, and a FIOS connection at home - and all other sites I visit download in an acceptable amount of time - including those I built ;)
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A few things to try:
step 4 in the following technote:
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Dr Dimento,
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Just installed CS4 Design Premium. Now i want to install some
extensions to Dreamweaver.
When I click on the extension to install it I get a message
from the Extension Manager saying:
"This extension can not be installed, it products requires
Dreamweaver 6 or greater. To install this extension, please try to
install Dreamweaver CS4 or use Extension Manager CS3 which works
with Adobe CS3 and earlier products."
I have even tried to install it by opening the Extension
Manager from Dreamweaver via the
Commands menu, with the same results.
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- I do not see the Dreamweaver icon in Extension Manager's
product list*
- I tried to reinstall Dreamweaver
(which also reinstalled Extension Manager)
- Easy to forget; I am on a Mac
- The extensions should be okay, as they install quite nice
in Dreamweaver CS3
I tried to look for a
plist to edit, but as I do not really know what to look for
this action failed.
*in the same order i find the icons of Flash CS4, Fireworks
CS4, Photoshop CS4, Indesign CS4, Illustrator CS4 and Bridge CS4 in
the products list.

What extensions are you trying to install?
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> Just installed CS4 Design Premium. Now i want to install
some extensions
> to
> Dreamweaver.
>
> When I click on the extension to install it I get a
message from the
> Extension
> Manager saying:
"This extension can not be installed, it products
> requires
> Dreamweaver 6 or greater. To install this extension,
please try to install
> Dreamweaver CS4 or use Extension Manager CS3 which works
with Adobe CS3
> and
> earlier products."
>
> I have even tried to install it by opening the Extension
Manager from
> Dreamweaver via the
Commands menu, with the same results.
>
> - I have version 2.0.274 of Adobe Extension Manager CS4.
> - I do not see the Dreamweaver icon in Extension
Manager's product list*
> - I tried to reinstall Dreamweaver
(which also reinstalled Extension
> Manager)
> - Easy to forget; I am on a Mac
> - The extensions should be okay, as they install quite
nice in Dreamweaver
> CS3
>
> I tried to look for a
plist to edit, but as I do not really know
> what
> to look for this action failed.
>
> *in the same order i find the icons of Flash CS4,
Fireworks CS4,
> Photoshop
> CS4, Indesign CS4, Illustrator CS4 and Bridge CS4 in the
products list.
>
>

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Problem selecting local root folder in Vista & Windows 7
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/478327

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