General CS4 Trial Conversion Questions

Well, this doesn't have to do with After Effects specifically but this was the most active section and there wasn't a section that dealt with general questions. I'm currently an owner of the Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. I'm about to buy the trial DVD set for the CS4 Master Collection. However, I was curious as to what additional content specifically will I have to download when I convert my trial to the full product. The reason for this is that I'm a little bit pressed for space. So if anyone has bought the trial and then converted, can you tell me what additional download content is there specifically?

I don't think it's anything too important. Just some optional plugins, scripts and templates/ stock files for Photoshop and InDesign and some additional templates for Encore. If you are not using any of them, then you will not need additional space. Most other components are already on your drive once you install the trial, they are just inert and will only appear once you input your serial. Premiere and Encore will install some CoDecs for HDV, MXF and other formats, AE will enable mochaAE, the CC Plugins and Keylight...
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Installing CS4 Trial Errors

I know this has been discussed ad nauseaum but after reading through message archives I still have a question or two.
Yesterday I attempted to purchase CS4 online, Adobe's store was experiencing problems and I was advised to call to make my order which I did.
The person I talked to on the phone advised me to download the trial to play with until my disk copy arrived, which I did.
During installation I got the now infamous CS4 Install error, adobe common set rgb error, error# 1603 fatal error during installation. I was given the option to comintue the installation and at the end it said there were errors but I could use it with some limitations. I clicked on the place for error details and then on the assistance button and followed all of the instructions on how to correct the error and then reinstalled. The same error came up so I went through the steps again this time running the installer as administrator, same thing. I am using Vista 64 bit.
After reinstalling 5 times with all other programs off including firewall and virus protection and following adobe's instructions to the letter the error persisted. I decided to try opening CS4 and it opened just fine, I have played with it all day and everything I have tried to do including printing works flawlessly. Of course in one day I haven't used absolutely every feature but I have used quite a few.
I wouldn't be concerned except for the fact that I will need to uninstall it in a few days and install the disk version and I'm wondering just what kind of headaches I'm going to be in for. I really don't want to use the cleaner because I would rather not have to uninstall everything else adobe, I have a lot of customizations in PSE7 than I prefer not to have to redo as well as a fully populated organizer.
Can I expect problems with the disk version?
Tia
Claudia

I did not uninstall, I followed Adobe's instructions to the letter including
the changes to the registry. I did not run Clean Script partly because I did
not know of it then and after I learned about it they said it uninstalls ALL
Adobe products and I do not want to do that. I have way too many things in
PSE7 to consider doing that at this time. As far as I know I have full
access to all of my directories. I do have both of my monitors calibrated so
there are profiles for them. I have no idea how to do anything about the
monitor profiles. That is probably the problem, the monitor profiles.
CS4 trial is working fine so I'm not going to mess with it until my CS4
disks arrive and I'm ready to uninstall the trial and install the registered
version.
Claudia
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Can't extract the Photoshop CS4 trial version archive

Hello,
i downloaded the Photoshop CS4 trial version with the help of the Akamai download manager and now i have some trouble to extract the archive. I tried it with the Adobe extractor, with 7-Zip and Win-Rar, but i always get the message that some files (about ~500 files) are corrupted.
I downloaded the trial version (archive size 857MB) about 4 or 5 times from the Adobe website, but i always have the same problem. I can't extract the archive properly. Does somebody have a solution for my problem? Thanks in advance!

The size I'm seeing for the English/Windows version of the PS CS4 Ext Tryout .7z is: 853,860,607 / 814.3MB which took 20-25 min to download on a 500-1000KB/sec connection at work.
Using Test in WinRAR 3.80 trial says everything is ok.
Some questions that suggest things to try:
Are you on a wired internet connection all the way to your computer?
Are you extracting from your local C: drive?
Are you deleting what is downloaded each time before retrying?
Have you turned off your virus scanner before downloading and/or when trying to extract the files?

CS4 Trial expired overnight.

I installed CS4 trial on Windows XP Pro yesterday on my son's PC.
He wanted to learn PS so I encourage that.
He requested that I install it on my PC, which is dual screen, so he could have PS on one screen and the tutorials/youtube videos on the other.
Next day, his PC has expired, whilst mine still works.
How do I get the trial working again? I tried logging in as an administrator, to no avail.
Also, I notice that PS will NOT run if you try run it under a user who does not have a password. For example, Guest.
All my users are 'Limited' users - nobody in my household has admin priv (other than myself) so running PS as an administrator is completely out of the question.

How do I get the trial working again?
Not at all, unfortunately. Once locked, only a full retail serial will unlock it. re-installing or ny such thing doesn't do anything nor would the options listed on the knowledge base - where there is no serial, there is nothing to fix. As to why it shut down is a differnt matter, but your security policies may add to it due to blocking access to specific files and the registry. This would be perceived as an attempt at tampering by the licensing service. Similarly, virus scanners and otehr tools may interfere. Another frequent cause are updates of any kind, Adobes own and others. Anyway, short of rebuilding the OS from scratch with a low-level format, there is nothing you can do. If it's just for learning generic image manipulation stuff, give GIMP a spin. It's free. You may also want to consider edu versions of Adobe products, if your son or one other family member is entitled....
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CS4 trial Installer.!! HELP!!

Before I reformat my PC (windows xp), I succesfully installed the CS4 trial on it. But, when I reformatted, I can't install it anymore
So, I downloaded another one, but it still doesn't work. I can't find the answer for my problem in the customer support so I decided to ask here in the forum.
The installer opens, but when it is starting to install the components, it's saying that:
"Installation Failed, One or more required components of Adobe Photoshop CS4 failed to install correctly."
Help!! I really need CS4!!

I really need CS4!!
Well, then buy it?! Your motivation to re-install a trial product is questionable at best. Honestly. Seriously. That aside, how did you re-install? Did you do a proper low-level format of the drive? When Windows was installed, did you run all the necessary updates, in particular for the installer sub-system?
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Adobe Photoshop Extended CS4 Trial on Macbook

Hi, my girlfriend tried to install the photoshop CS4 trial on her spanking new macbook. However, after downloading the trial and running the installer SUCCESSFULLY, she encounted a problem opening PS.
The icon didn't show up, and when clicked an error message popped up, saying something to the effect of...
"photoshop is not supported on this architecture."
Does anyone know what the problem is?? Her laptop is a BRAND NEW 2.13GHz macbook, Intel Core 2 Duo etc etc etc... So I dont understand the error. Considering it is the right architecture. Anyone else had this problem? Iv searched the forum and googled the issue but I cant find an answer.
Any response would be greatly appreciated
Rick

I recently encountered this exact problem installing Photoshop CS4 trial on an Oct. 2006 production vintage MacBook Black 13" with 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 core, 1.5GB ram, lots of hard drive space, running OS X 10.5.8.
After much waiting on the Adobe help line, I could not even get them to say it was supposed to work on the MacBook. At one point they suggested downgrading to 10.5.4 to be in line with the required specs. I said no will do that.
The installer apparently ran correctly but when trying to open Photoshop, it gave the 'architecture not supported' error which turns out to be bogus.
I did the same install on a MacBook Pro running 10.6.2 which was successful, and I saw that there was a lot more stuff installed in the Photoshop folder.
I finally upgraded the MacBook to 10.6.2 but the install would still not work, even after performing the Photoshop CS4 uninstall from Utilities/Adobe Installers first to get rid of previous attempts.
It seems that the installer is completely broken. If it detects any remnants from other installs, it seems to not even try to do the complete install, yet doesn't give any error messages. The broken install is only apparent when trying to run the app, and it gives a totally bogus error message.
I finally found the Adobe CS4 Clean Script which showed a previous trial install of
Creative Suite 4 Master Collection which also had not worked. Removing that with the Adobe CS4 Clean Script then for some reason seemed to allow the install of Photoshop CS4 trial to execute correctly. The script thankfully left the CS3 installation alone.
I don't know whether the upgrade to 10.6.2 was a required part of the solution or not, but after many, many hours of fighting with this, I can now say that Photoshop CS4 trial now works on the Oct. 2006 vintage MacBook.
And to Adobe I say, please fix your installer so that when I say install, it installs, and forget the trying to be so smart. At least give an option to force overwriting of previous remnants so you can be sure the install has installed everything up to date.
And please give some better error messages, particularly when it doesn't install required parts.

Requirement of General Ledger Trial Balance Detail Report Date wise

Thanks for your reply
We have to requirement of General Ledger Trial Balance Detail Report Date wise.
Please help for that.
Thanks.

Take sum(Accounted_dr) - Sum(Accounted_Cr) till the Accounting Date..... from GL_BALANCES
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Adobe cs4 (trial) Installation problem to WinXP sp3

I tried to download and install CS4 (trial) with akamai download manager. When I go to CS4 folder, I try to run the setup but i get the error "The Adobe Setup encounter a problem and must be terminated" I tried to open the setup.exe from the zip folder, it run's to the end and then the same error comes up again. I deactivated my firewall but again I can't install CS4. I contacted the technical support but they didn't help me. I get the following error data which I prompted to send to Microsoft. " AppName:setup.exe,AppVer:2.0.133.0, ModName:msvcr80.dll, ModName:8.0.50727.4053, Offset:000149d1. Where is the problem? Can anyone help me?

I am also currently experiencing this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Photoshop CS4 Trial installation asking for disc again and again

I had to uninstall my Creative Suite CS3 because of licensing problems. Then I could not reinstall it on Vista Home Premium SP2 ("unsupported OS").
Now, as long as I am waiting for Adobe to respond to my case, I tried to install CS4 Trial versions of PS and DW, so I can go on working.
But:
Whether I install them from a HDD or from a CD/DVD, it always asks me to insert the disc again into the related drive. Of course it is already in - installation has to be aborted.
I am very hesitant to purchase the CS4 upgrade, since it seems that after their huge hassle with the CS3 suite they still haven't their product installation problems fixed.
Anybody had fixed this?
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Hi dec9 and the_wine_snob,
Have tried all these too, and went a bit further with copying the folder to the desktop, but it also ended with a fatal.
Since the origin of my trouble is the endless hassle with my CS3 Suite installation, I ordered a CS4 Premium Web Trial and see if that installs.
Don't want to risk paying for another uninstallable product.
Before I install that, I will:
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- including all flash versions that might still be lingering around
- run the CS3 cleaner
- clean and defrag the drive
- brush my teeth
-... anything else?
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Matt

CS2 crashes when trying to load image AFTER CS4 trial

I just recently used the CS4 Extended trial (which worked fine). It's 30 days ended and I sadly went back to my purchased copy of CS2 (actually own the whole Prodcution Studio Premium).
Now when I try it, Photoshop CS2 loads fine, but then hangs whenever I try to load ANY image. It even displays the thumbnails correctly. Just freezes and then gives the "Not responding" error after a few more seconds when I actually try to click on any picture.
I uninstalled CS4 -still happened. I uninstalled CS2 and reloaded the whole suite. Same thing. I then uninstalled it again and then manually deleted all the files I could physically find, reinstalled it. Same thing.
I am going mad!!
I am running the whole thing on Vista 64 Home Premium with 8 gigs. (And everything worked FINE before the trial, and yes, I tried with and without all the latest CS2 patches AND tried running it in Windows XP SP2 compatability mode already -although it worked fine before without it.)
Any thoughts from anyone?
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I have hundred of dollars worth of software sitting useless on 5 DVD's next to me because "CS2 is no longer supported".
It never was on Vista!
I sympathise with your situation however, and you do seem to have tried everything that might help.
Your conclusion that uninstalling the CS4 trial took CS2 with it is wrong unless you ignored warnings about shared files.
Your concept of activation is wrong too. Activation counters can be reset by Adobe if they get an explanation.
There may be a way out of this but you might find it less hassle in the long run to reformat and start from scratch.
On the other hand, since you are are only just in the upgrade window, you might consider upgrading to a version designed for Vista

Error 2 when installing Fireworks CS4 Trial?

Hey, I keep getting the Error: Error 2 when ever I try to install Fireworks CS4 Trial, downloaded from Adobe.
Installing: Adobe Fireworks CS4
Adobe Exstention Manager CS4
After its pretty much done, it say's finished but with Error's, hit view info, and I keep getting Error 2.
Tried dowloading the trial from other sites, and that still doesnt work.
All my Adobe products of CS3 have been uninstalled.
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Fixed it! Yay
I've got to say - I owe it all to a guy called Justducky on macosx.com. Still, here's the story. After search around I found his post about a similar problem with Dreamweaver. He dug, and delved and worked on permissions etc but nothing worked.
Finally he got down to the solution:
Uninstall everything Adobe. I mean everything. AIR, flashplayers if you can. Everything. Delete .plist and .pref files that have adobe in the name (carefully).
Create a new account that has admin privileges (not convinced this was necessary but don't know Macs enough to confirm)
Safe Boot and log into the new account
Install Fireworks.
And there you go, it works. Simple eh? As an extra precaution when installing Fireworks I only did the bear minimum. I didn't install Air, Media Player, Bridge etc. I have done now and they work.
You can read the full account of JustDucky's journey here
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CS4 Trial Version: How to Uninstall from PC?

Hi!
I downloaded the CS4 Trial Version. Now I would like to uninstall it from my PC. I still have 23 remaining days, but would like to clear space on my hard drive asap. What will happen when the Trial expires? Will it self-delete, or what??
Would you please tell me how this can best be done? I don't want any files from this download remaining on my hard drive.
TIA,
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Here's the thing. The uninstallers were part of the package that Adobe made you down and decompress (along with the installer package). From the sounds of it you do not have it.
The following is the CS4 Clean Script:
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs4clean.html
This is usually only recommend in cases where where betas and pre-release software were removed from a system and you run into problems installing the legit software. As a result, this will disable all CS4 software, serial numbers and Adobe Acrobat/Reader installations. It's a commonly used script but it will wipe the system files/registry and all program/user library folders and takes longer to run than the typically uninstaller.
That's your only other option if there is no add/remove programs for whatever reason and you did not hold onto the separate uninstaller packages.

UPGRADE 1103 to 1159 - PAYMENTS CONVERSION QUESTION!

Hello,
UPGRADE 1103 to 1159 - PAYMENTS CONVERSION QUESTION!
This is the scenario, we are planning to do. Currently we have 11.0.3 in one box. We are planning for re-implementation for 11.5.9 in the new box. So we
have to convert approx 14 months of open and closed data for the historic purposes. (Like PO's, Invoices, Payments and ledger data etc.)
Again, these conversions cannot be handled through the front end using some Data Loader kind of tool etc...
Data Loader tool, I used a lot for loading Flexfield Value Set Values, Category Codes etc...
But my question is converting these AP_PAYMENTS related data in the back end. (Like Check num, Payment Batch ID, Invoice Number, Invoice ID, Supplier Number,
Supplier ID, etc.) from old 11.0.3 box to new 11i box.
Since there was some confusion is going on with Payments related areas, because there was now API's etc... some of them are telling it is very difficult to migrate "AS IS" into 11i. I also heard that oracle won't support this.
Just want to clarify clearly on this issues.
Because we are moving from the small box of 11.0.3 into Big box for 11.5.9. So we don't want to loose all the histories for about 20 months. especially open
Closed / Open - Invoices, Payments, PO's, REQ's, Active Items which are in the Open Blanket PO's, Employees, etc...
Of all these everything sounds like doable because they do have API's etc... Of course, I belive there is no API for the Vendors only. We want to know is this true for the Payments also.
Any urgent clarifications is very much appreciated with clear explanation.
Thanks in advance
Mani Varadan

The payment conversion is little bit tricky in term on its understanding and functionality.
There are lot of dependices of payments conversion on the others objects like invoice.
You need to be very clear in requirements.
Here is the extracted documents for giving you clear understanding about payments.
Overview of Process
Prior to creating a payment batch, four setup are required.
A.Define a bank for bank branches with which you do business.
B.Define bank accounts.
C.Choose a predefined or custom payment format.
D.Finally, define payment documents for disbursements for each bank account.
To give an overview of the steps required to create payment batch payments:
1) Initiate the payment batch by entering the criteria for invoices you want to pay. The payment batch process selects invoices, and then builds the payments. It determines which invoices will be paid on each payment document, and lists this information for you on the Preliminary Payment Register.
2) Make any necessary modifications to your payment batch, such as selecting additional invoices, deselecting invoices, deselecting suppliers, etc. Once modifications are complete, the modify payment batch process automatically builds the payments if any invoices were added.
3) Format payments to produce an output file.
4) Print checks from the output file if you are not creating electronic payments or sending the output file to a third party for printing.
5) Confirm the payment batch by recording the document numbers associated with each payment. During this step, the invoice status is updated to Paid and a document number is associated with the invoice and invoice payment.
As conversion(from 11.0.3 to 11.5.9) is concern step 3,4 is excluded from the standard processes.
These are the tables involved during the payment conversion.
AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL
AP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL
AP_INVOICES_ALL
AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL
These are background (concurrent) processes involved in batch process consists of the following
a. Autoselect
b. Build Payments
c. Preliminary Payment Register
d. Format
e. Confirm
f. Final Payment Register.
10.7:
If you are using the application in character mode, navigate to the Reset Payment Batch form. The navigation path is
\Navigate --> Controls --> Payment --> ResetPaymentBatch.
Select the payment batch name and the system displays the status of the batch. Your options for proceeding vary according to the batch status.
11.5.8/9
You can perform actions on your batch in Payment Batches form by clicking on the Actions button. The appropriate actions are highlighted depending on the status of the batch.
THIS SECTION TALK ABOUT THE DETAIL TECHNICAL OVERVIEW
Payment Conversion Technical Overview
For the conversion is concern we are following four-step process
I.Defined and prerequisite steps as discussed above
II.Selecting the Invoice
III.Building the Payment
IV.Confirm
THESE ARE THE PREREQUISITE SETUP
We are assuming the bank set is already done from 10.7 to 11i.Bank set up means bank account id, and its corresponding payment format.
For this purpose we are using mapping function for bank account id and on that basis we are getting corresponding checks stock id.This means defining a payment documents for disbursements
SELECT INVOICES
When a payment batch is started one row for each record is created in the
AP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL table.
This table stores the criteria that a payment batch uses to select invoices for payments. The module name for the Auto Select process is APXPBSEL. The Select Invoices, or AutoSelect, is the first step in the payment batch process.
When we run a concurrent program the AutoSelect process starts by loading records that meet the invoice selection criteria into the table AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL from the tables AP_INVOICES_ALL and AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL.
The criteria that AutoSelect uses to determine which record to select from AP_INVOICES_ALL and AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL is stored in AP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL.
To be sure that no duplicate invoices get selected, invoices that are already selected in another payment batch are not selected. Invoice payments that have no remaining payment amounts are not selected either.
BUILD PAYMENTS
The module name for the Build Program is APXPBBLD. From the list created by AutoSelect, the Build program determines which invoices will be paid on each
Payment document, and lists this information on the Preliminary Payment Register if Selected. The Build program is spawned when AutoSelect has completed. When the Build Program starts, the application uses information from the table AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL to create rows in the table AP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL.
In addition to creating rows in the AP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL, the build payments program also performs the following tasks:
Assigns document numbers for payments
Assigns Check Ids
Renumbers the remaining documents starting from the first_available_document
Updates the payment batch status to BUILT
Since we are doing conversion from 10.7 to 11i where all payments need to converted hence we are keeping payment batch status as FORMATTED
CONFIRM
This is the final step for the payment batch process, where we will pick a payment batch from front end, and then making confirm. The menu for this
AP Payable =>Payment Batches form =>by clicking on the Actions button
Internally the confirm program first updates the AP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL records,
then transfers those records to
AP_CHECKS_ALL.
In addition, the AP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL
records are transferred into the corresponding
AP_INVOICE_PAYMENTS_ALL,
AP_INVOICES_ALL and
AP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL.
Table Involved in Payment Batch Process
These are the various table involved in the payment process of 10.7 and 11i.It is recommended that if corresponding earlier conversion is done then use the mapping function to get the new value.
oAP_SELECTED_INVOICES_ALL
oAP_INV_SELECTION_CRITERIA_ALL
oAP_INVOICES_ALL
oAP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL
oAP_SELECTED_INVOICE_CHECKS_ALL
oAP_CHECKS_ALL
oAP_INVOICE_PAYMENTS_ALL
oAP_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL
oAP_INVOICES_ALL
oAP_BANK_ACCOUNTS_ALL `
Common Issue:
1.Determine the status of the Payment Batch?
A: Query up the Payment Batch in the Payment Batches Summary window to view the status. If you can not get into the application, you can select the status from SQL*Plus:
SELECT status FROM ap_inv_selection_criteria_all
WHERE checkrun_name = ?<payment batch name>?;
2. Dont change the last update date
We are doing the conversion for payments, hence we cant change he last_updated_date to sysdate as this will create a problem by concurrent program, in that case we need to populate the field for FUTURE_DATED_PAYMENT=N
3. dont populate the value for INVOICE_PAYMENT_TYPE
If there are some prepayments in the conversion process donor populate this field and pass NULL, otherwise this will create a duplicate invoice, which will cause a problem for concurrent batch for payment.
Hope now you will be very clear about the process.
let me me offline, if you need further.
regards
sanjit
[email protected]

Deactivating a photoshop cs4 trial license

Does anyone know how to deactivate a photoshop cs4 trial license?
Basically i need to deactivate this license so i can use the creative suite 4 i have just bought.
So every time i try and open the photoshop application, a window opens saying 'license expired'.
Plus there is no 'help' option at the top of the screen in order for me to deactivate the license, the only option
reads 'photoshop' containing 'hide this' or 'hide all'.
The adobe support team have been useless in trying to help me.
I would be very grateful if someone knew of how to go about deactivating this license.
Regards.
Tom Haywood

Hi again, i have followed your advice but the same thing is happening again. All of the other programs on the
suite are working apart from photoshop. which keeps saying the license has expired.
Do you have any other suggestions please?
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Alert when installing CS4 trial suite on Windows 7

Hi,
When I try to install CS4 trial software on Windows 7 Family Premium I get a message saying I do not have Windows XP 64 bits or Vista 64 bits and I should upgrade my system... How come?
I have a new Toshiba laptop with 4gb of RAM and 500Gb of HD.
I see setup.exe dates back from September 2008 so it is not surprising Windows 7 is not recognized. Should I install anyway?
Thank you for your help.

Thank you for your time.
Yes the message is about upgrading to Vista or XP because the requirements are not satisfied. But I have Windows 7 Home Premium...
Here is a copy of the message:
The minimum system requirements listed below are recommended in order to run Adobe Creative Suite CS4 properly and are not met:
Windows XP 64-Bit Service Pack 1 and greater
Windows Vista 64-Bit Service Pack 1 and greater
It is recommended that you upgrade or adjust your system to meet these minimum requirements and the restart the installer.
I finally decided to continue the install and it seemed ok. The only problem I have is with Dreamweaver because I cannot put the right root folder in the website setup dialog (I select the right folder but it writes the folder above it).

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