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Anonymous
January 9, 2020
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Dreamweaver doesn't open

  • January 9, 2020
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When I want to open Dreamweaver it loads and then a window appears saying "The last time you opened Dreamweaver CC, it closed unexpectedly when reopening the windows. Do you want to try to reopen the windows again?"
Two buttons appear: "do not open" and "Reopen", however if I click on "Reopen" the program will close.
You can help me?

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Dreamweaver 20.0 & Dreamweaver 19.2.1 work with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) but have these  known compatibility issues. 

 

Earlier versions of DW won't work on Catalina.

 

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Anonymous
January 10, 2020

I think it was an update problem. Now it has opened. Thanks for your help.

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 9, 2020

Dreamweaver 20.0 & Dreamweaver 19.2.1 work with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) but have these  known compatibility issues. 

 

Earlier versions of DW won't work on Catalina.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Anonymous
January 9, 2020

Actually I would just like to open the program, not a specific file. I
click on the Dreamweaver icon, it looks like it's going to open, but it
doesn't actually open.

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    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    January 9, 2020

    We are now learning that you are on a Mac; may we also know the operating system? May we assume that you are using the latest version of Dreamweaver? May we assume that you have been able to open Dreamweaver previously and that something has changed in the meantime?

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    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    January 9, 2020

    It's possible something in one of the pages you are trying to reopen is the cause of your crashing.

    If you can open the program, without reopening the pages, and then manually reopen the pages, run them against the validator at http://validator.w3.org/nu and clean up any structural errors.

    If DW crashes when manually trying to reopen those pages as well, you may need to open them with SimpleText or another text editor, then run the validation tool above and modify the file before bringing it back to DW.

    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    January 9, 2020

    Try https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/302542/how-to-diagnose-system-problems-with-event-viewer-in-microsoft-windows.

     

    If you still cannot figure it out, paste the contents of the relevant event log here.

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    Anonymous
    January 9, 2020

    I have a Mac.

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