Dreamweaver won't open

Question

I was using dreamweaver today when it randomly failed and I
received a "search for a solution online" or "close program"
option. Now when I try to open it again the dreamweaver window
opens up for about 2 seconds and appears to be working, but then it
disappears completely. The task manager tellsme Dreamweaver is
still running. I've tried opening it different ways, like opening
an html file with Dreamweaver, but I get the same thing. I've also
tried restoring to yesterday, but no luck. It appears to disappear
when the DW intro window says "loading site cache." Anybody run
into anything like this before or have ideas on how to fix it?
Other CS3 programs open successfully.
I'm using CS3 on a windows vista 64 bit OS
Thanks for the help

Answer 1

grlovelidge wrote:
> I just found a thread that said deleting a program
called Acer eData Security Management fixed the problem for other
people, but I couldn't find this on my computer.
That works only if you're using an Acer computer.
Since you're using CS3, it sounds as though you might have
been caught
out by the 8,192 bug. Check the site you were last working
on, and check
for any file that is exactly 8KB (8,192 bytes) or a multiple
thereof.
Remove the file from the site, and relaunch Dreamweaver. It
should work OK.
To solve the problem with the file that causes the crash,
open it in a
text editor, and add a couple of lines. They can be blank or
contain a
short comment. All that matters is that you change the file
size so that
it's no longer an exact multiple of 8,192 bytes.
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
http://foundationphp.com