Dreamweaver CS4 stalls on Vista

Downloaded trial Dreamweaver CS4. Installation completes
without error messages on Vista Home Premium but when trying to run
the Dreamweaver, it stalls on the Dreamweaver intro page. Any idea
what is going wrong? Thanks

Hello Do you happen to know if you get the same problem with windows 7
Thanks

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If Dreamweaver is behaving in an odd way, it frequently means that there is a corrupt personal configuration folder.
Close Dreamweaver, locate the personal configuration folder, and rename it.
When you restart Dreamweaver, it should create a new configuration folder with all the program defaults.
For details of how to find the configuration folder, see this page in the Dreamweaver FAQ.
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if so,
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see screenshot

To report bugs or suggest improvements:
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Please help. I just downloaded the trial version and
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dreamweaver CS4 (on my vista machine), the splash screen appears
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Do you have a acer computer? If so read this post
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=12&catid=189&threadid =1370856&highlight_key=y&keyword1=acer
"kevhan999" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:gfhj6s$d36$[email protected]..
> Please help. I just downloaded the trial version and
installed. Everything
> appears fine, but, when I try to start dreamweaver CS4
(on my vista
> machine),
> the splash screen appears and then disappears and the
program never starts
> up.
> what can I do?
>

Dreamweaver CS4 fails to start

I have just installed dreamweaver CS4 onto my Vista Ultimate
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DW CS4 I get the green spash screen, that disappears and then I get
nothing! It doesn't crash the computer, everything else still works
fine, just no DW.
A while ago I installed DW8, which did the same thing. So
bought the latest version from Adobe assuming that would fix it. I
uninstalled the previous Macromedia suite 8 before installing CS4.
I have uninstalled CS4, cleaned up totally with the CS4
Cleanup Utility. Removed a font the log file had marked as having
an error. Reinstalled everything and still have the same problem.
Any Ideas?

I guess I should be more precise. If I had the same problem
you are
encountering I would do a full search in CS4 folder for the
file
WinFileCache*.dat and delete it. You have nothing to loose.
Plus here is a post if you have an Acer computer
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=72&catid=674&threadid =1391324&enterthread=y
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video card
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disabling
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MSConfig, and restart
dreamweaver. I know this should be done by Adobe tech
support, but hey.....
Still just rying to help
aka Frenchy ASP
"Alain St-Pierre" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Ok maybe you bought a collection and not just
dremweaver. But maybe my
> fix is still good. In the CS4 folder is there a folder
call configuration
> with the file I have mentionned before. If so try
deleting it anyway. If
> not then sorry. Will still look more.
>
> I am just waiting to get the trial version of CS4 master
collection when
> it comes out and will installed on my Vista test PC.
Then i hope having
> some kind of problem so I can start begin to
troubleshoot. Until now I
> will keep looking in others post to try and help.
>
> Doing my best aka Frenchy ASP
> "rucky544" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
quote:
>> It is a corrupted file called
WinFileCache-[random_numbers].dat. You
>> will
>> find this file on vista in
>>
>>
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver
9\Configuration.
>> Where 9 could be different depending on your
version.
>> Simply delete the file and restart Dreamweaver.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for looking into it Frenchy, but still no
good.
>>
>> I have looked in the adobe roaming folder, the only
dreamweaver folder
>> there
>> was the CS4 folder, so marked that up as old (after
I had uninstalled
>> it...
>> again)
>>
>> Also rolled back with a system restore to before
Studio 8 was installed.
>>
>> Unfotunatally I am still getting the same problem.
Windows gave me the
>> "useful" message the the program is not working!
>>
>> Any more ideas?
>>
>
>

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I am using Vista so file locations are different. Still, I cannot find any preferences folder or configuration folder that I can rename to recreate. There is no "CreamWeaver" folder in the user profile - even in the hidden parts.
Anyone have any other ideas?
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Technote:
Try step 4 in the following technote: - corrupt cache file:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19105
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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/478327

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I am using Vista so file locations are different. Still, I cannot find any preferences folder or configuration folder that I can rename to recreate. There is no "CreamWeaver" folder in the user profile - even in the hidden parts.
Anyone have any other ideas?
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On Vista, it's located at C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration.
It's a hidden folder, so you need to enable hidden folders in Windows Explorer.
Technote:
Try step 4 in the following technote: - corrupt cache file:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19105
If that doesn't work Try #12 - deleting your personal configuration folder.
This information is also available in the Dreamweaver FAQ

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Thank you for your reply, I would have replied sooner but I couldn't sign in to Adobe. My issue was solved by trying another method:
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Dreamweaver CS4 has stopped working

*** Bug Report ***
"Dreamweaver crashes when trying to open it."
April 19th - 8:00 PM
Reproduce Error:
Launch Dreamweaver CS4 from start menu.
What happens:
Does not load.
Error message appears:
Notes:
Has been working fine for past 3 days.
Errors occured today at random, without reason.
Reporting from a system that has been reformatted one week ago, fresh install of Windows Vista Ultimate with latest updates & service packs.
Dreamweaver CS4 installed along with the Master Suite Collection, other software function just fine.
System Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2.80 GHz
4.00 GB Memory (RAM)
500 GB Storage
Windows Vista 64-bit
Additional Notes:
I have had previous peril with Fireworks CS4 earlier this week crashing and had to take valuable time researching the problem. Happened to be one font out of three thousand that I have readily available for my needs. This new problem with Dreamweaver has further disappointed me and I need to use the software I purchased as soon as possible. I have taken the time to send in a bug report, as well as post this thread.
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Jhfras wrote:
Nadia
Renaming the Configuation folder and then opening Dreamweaver worked like a charm. I was ready to give up on CS4 and I had already gone back to using DW 8. Thank you for sharing- don't think I would have ever solved this without your help. That is what sharing is all about.
You're welcome :-)
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Editing text in Dreamweaver CS4 on Mac 10.6.2 causes paragraph ends to disappear.
When adding bold in design view (strong) to two words at the start of my paragraph the last line of the paragraph disappears. This is somewhat worrying as it means any editing I do in dreamweaver could do massive amounts of damage to the content.
We are pasting the original content into the code view so as to strip the formating Dreamweaver then decides to take the last line break in the source code paragraph and then delete it see example below:
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Any experience of similar or solutions would be greatly received.
PS. I have restarted, repaired permissions, checked dreamweaver is up to date trashed plist's and removed duplicate fonts.

Mac+Win=Me wrote:
It could be a problem in the templates.
In all honesty, I just tried pasting text into the Design section of a page.
It doesn't even work on my Mac, and it took three tries to get it to actually paste in VIsta.
I had to go to the code and reformat it after it did paste, but it eventually went.
I don't work with templates much.
Well, that actually makes me feel a little better, if it makes sense to feel better to learn that it could be the expensive software and not just us. I guess I will view this as an opportunity to improve me coding speed :-) Thanks for the feedback.

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