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May 21, 2025
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Dreamweaver 21.5 unstable & crashing [MERGED by moderator]

  • May 21, 2025
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On my PC and work laptop Dreamweaver is freezing and crashing everyday since this last update, it is very annoying. Please fix this bug.

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Participating Frequently
May 30, 2025

I'm having the same issue. My computer is completely up to date.

Participant
May 28, 2025

I just went back to 21.4 as 21.5 kept getting stuck on my iMac., even after reseting the preferences. I must make a note though, that after the preferences reset, it worked fine for a two or three days. Then started crashing again.

Participating Frequently
May 27, 2025

I have the same issue since the May update - random crashes all day long. Also broken is copy/paste. I typically work in code view using the design/code split window. Copy/paste in code doesn't work - it jumps to odd places in the page (not where the cursor is located) and will typically only select one small piece of the code I'm trying to copy. I have to click on an item in design view and then return to the code to resolve it. Same behavior every time I open DW. The previous version was fairly stable.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 27, 2025
quote Copy/paste in code doesn't work - it jumps to odd places in the page (not where the cursor is located) and will typically only select one small piece of the code I'm trying to copy.
By @glenn-p

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Toggle between DESIGN/LIVE with Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + F11.

Window ⇒ Results ⇒ Validation... check document and fix reported code errors.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participating Frequently
May 28, 2025

Thanks for responding, Nancy. Is this suggestion meant to fix the bug or are you suggesting the page has errors that need to be resolved? This is happening on every page I work on across multiple sites. Each page I open requires me to click once in the design view before copy/paste will work in code view. It started immediately after the update.

jirip61631315
Participant
May 27, 2025

I have the same problem. After 21.5 update is Dreamweaver freezing and not responding almost every day. I reverted to version 21.4.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 21, 2025

Restore Preferences

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html

 

Make sure your computer meets the minimum CPU & GPU requirements. Most Creative Cloud apps work on these systems, no more than 2 versions back:

  • Windows 11 (64-bit) versions 24H2, 23H2; Windows 10 versions 22H2, 21H2;
  • MacOS 15 (Sequoia), 14.7 (Sonoma), 13.6.7 (Ventura).

- https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/system-requirements.html

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Participating Frequently
May 21, 2025

Window 10 & 11 respectively and always fully updated. Thanks.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 21, 2025

Did Restoring Preferences solve the problem?

 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert