Dreamweaver MX 2004 error

This past week when I try to open Dreamweaver and access my
web pages, I get a message that says: "Dreamweaver MX 2004
has encountered a problem and needs to close. Sorry for the
inconvenience." How do I resolve this?

Thanks so much Gary
That link I posted was kind of squirrelly -- The First time I
clicked it, it
was no good, but the next time it worked.
Go figure!
"Gary White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 04:45:13 +0000 (UTC), "teach1026"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Hi Ken. The link that you posted for me would not
open. What was it?
>
> Try this one to the same article:
http://www.adobe.com/go/36bda422
>
> Gary

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