Strange and fatal file name / root folder problem. Please help!

Question

Hi there. I wonder if anybody could help me!
I am using CS4 but this problem still occurred in CS3. When I
set up a new site in Dreamweaver I go through the usual motions
selecting the local root folder and images folder. Then when I go
into the new site it creates an initial site cache as usual. After
this (when I try to upload anything for example) the cache seems to
have disappeared (i.e. all local files disappear in DW). It tells
me that I should go through setting up the site process again but
this only ends up going round in circles!
Curiously, when I look at my HD in finder, Dreamweaver has
created a new folder named "Macintosh HD" and inside it follows the
exact same file structure as the "real" local files except the
website files do not exist inside the root folder!
I can not understand what is going on here. I suspect it
might be something to do with the locations of files and relative /
absolute linking on the HD?
Please help if you can! Thanks.

Answer 1

What is the NAME of your hard drive? Does it (or any
intermediate folder)
contain unusual characters (apostrophes, parentheses, etc.)?
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> Hi there. I wonder if anybody could help me!
>
> I am using CS4 but this problem still occurred in CS3.
When I set up a new
> site in Dreamweaver I go through the usual motions
selecting the local
> root
> folder and images folder. Then when I go into the new
site it creates an
> initial site cache as usual. After this (when I try to
upload anything for
> example) the cache seems to have disappeared (i.e. all
local files
> disappear in
> DW). It tells me that I should go through setting up the
site process
> again but
> this only ends up going round in circles!
>
> Curiously, when I look at my HD in finder, Dreamweaver
has created a new
> folder named "Macintosh HD" and inside it follows the
exact same file
> structure
> as the "real" local files except the website files do
not exist inside the
> root
> folder!
>
> I can not understand what is going on here. I suspect it
might be
> something to
> do with the locations of files and relative / absolute
linking on the HD?
>
> Please help if you can! Thanks.
>