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Tyler McAdams · Sep 25, 2005, 02:50 AM

Dreamweaver just stopped working for some reason... when I click on it in the dock is bounces a few times and then stops working. I reinstalled MX Stuido again and Flash and all esle works but still no Dreamweaver... any suggestions?

albook · Sep 25, 2005, 04:20 AM

Does it produce a crash.log? If not, you should find some information in the system.log

I suggest you backup and delete its preference file, then launch it again. Hopefully its working...

Macola · Sep 25, 2005, 09:41 AM

There was a documented issue a while back with the MX apps and Tiger (or was it Panther?). I had this happen and had to reinstall from a root account (!). Anyway, search the Macromedia knowledgebase and you should find the info.

Tyler McAdams · Sep 25, 2005, 01:50 PM

Hmmm the app works fine from root... I'll try reinstalling from root and see what happens.

Tyler McAdams · Sep 25, 2005, 01:58 PM

I reinstalled from root and deleted the prefs file for my user but it still will not launch... where would I look for the crash log?

albook · Sep 25, 2005, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

I reinstalled from root and deleted the prefs file for my user but it still will not launch... where would I look for the crash log?

~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/

Tyler McAdams · Sep 25, 2005, 08:36 PM

I did not see anything in there for dreamweaver...

albook · Sep 26, 2005, 12:53 PM

^ Then I am out of ideas.

workerbee · Sep 27, 2005, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

I did not see anything in there for dreamweaver...

I get some Dreamweaver errors reported in my Console, without opening any specific error log.
For the crash logs (there are way too many of these I notice), clicking on the "Logs" button at the top left, then opening ~/Library/Logs displays a Dreamweaver.crash.log here.

tonyspumoni · Oct 4, 2005, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

Dreamweaver just stopped working for some reason... when I click on it in the dock is bounces a few times and then stops working. I reinstalled MX Stuido again and Flash and all esle works but still no Dreamweaver... any suggestions?

Where you doing anything else before it stopped working? Any system updates or reinstalls? Try reading this:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...fm?id=tn_18933. Macromedia has a hotfix available that just might do the trick.

I had a similar experience with Dreamweaver bounciing in the dock, but not starting. This was after I did an archive and install. Downloaded and ran the hotfix, and am now back in business. Give it a whirl.

mania · Oct 6, 2005, 01:32 PM

you are being given a sign from god not to use dreamweaver. learn to hand code like a real man. mmuwhaahaahaa!

funkboy · Feb 11, 2006, 11:25 AM

I am having the same problem, I cannot get it to install and run, either! No crash log, nothing. This is Dreamweaver MX 2004 - the HotFix on Macromedia's website does not fix things, and none of the Studio applications seem to be working for me (no Fireworks, no Dreamweaver).

funkboy · Feb 21, 2006, 12:26 PM

Anyone? I may need to end up buying the new version, I hope that works with 10.4.4...

lore7460 · Aug 8, 2006, 06:23 PM

Hello, I just ran into the same problem.
I looked online for a solution and everyone siad uninstall and reinstall.
But that didn't work.
I was messing around with regedit and removed the folder nammed Common under
Macromedia >> after that was removed I ran dreamweaver. The reg information was
restored and Dreamweaver was up and running.

Good luck
I hope this helps you out.