Two dreamweavers accessing the same files

I have two desktops, one with client files on its hard drive
and shared. The other is mapped to that hard drive and uses the
same drive letter. Both machines have Dreamweaver on them. When one
desktop opens a job and builds pages, the other can also (at a
different time of course) open the same file and make edits. At
times, one of these machines will come back to a file, and its all
screwed up. I thought it might have something to do with the latest
version of Plugin Labs menu extension, but now I'm thinking it has
something to do with Dreamweaver's handling of the files. Has
anybody else experienced problems in a similar situation. I find
myself constantly backing up entire site files to a zip folder just
in case everything blows up when I open it. Problem is, sometimes
one files is screwed up, and it overwrites the backed up
one....can't win for trying sometimes.

I do this ALL the time, and have never experienced your issue
(Vista and
XPPro - files on XPPro).
I would also not touch anything from Plugin Labs.
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>I have two desktops, one with client files on its hard
drive and shared.
>The
> other is mapped to that hard drive and uses the same
drive letter. Both
> machines have Dreamweaver on them. When one desktop
opens a job and builds
> pages, the other can also (at a different time of
course) open the same
> file
> and make edits. At times, one of these machines will
come back to a file,
> and
> its all screwed up. I thought it might have something to
do with the
> latest
> version of Plugin Labs menu extension, but now I'm
thinking it has
> something to
> do with Dreamweaver's handling of the files. Has anybody
else experienced
> problems in a similar situation. I find myself
constantly backing up
> entire
> site files to a zip folder just in case everything blows
up when I open
> it.
> Problem is, sometimes one files is screwed up, and it
overwrites the
> backed up
> one....can't win for trying sometimes.
>

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