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Anonymous
May 26, 2012
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Dreamweaver Erased my files

  • May 26, 2012
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Essentially the statement above. I was working on a website in Dreamweaver for a client (one of the few times I even bother with dreamweaver) and everything was going well  and I was working in my CSS document until dreamweaver froze for a second, and then everything was gone. My entire stylesheet, 6 hours of work, gone. So I closed the program and restarted it and it was still gone. Suffice it to say I am absolutely livid at the moment and I would like to know if there is a way to restore a file erased by dreamweaver? Otherwise is there a way to get a refund for this useless excuse for a program?

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    DieselA
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    January 7, 2013

    same thing just happened to me, dreamweaver froze and erased all 2000 lines of css, been trying to find a way to get the file back, no success so far, 10-14 days of work, f me.

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    Ben MCommunity Expert
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    January 7, 2013

    Diesel, what are your specs?  Mac/Win? What OS? What version of DW? What was the last thing you did when DW froze? Did you get an error log? If so can you post it?

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    DieselA
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    January 7, 2013

    to SnakeEyez

    Windows 7 64, DW CS6, no log, trying to fix the log now ("The Event log service is unavailable. Verify that the service is running."),

    i had the css file open then once i put my cursor on the file, dreamweaver flickered and all content of css file got erased. i could not undo or anything, if that matters the css file was attached to project via another css file (main media query file) which did me in as i still had the project open in browser but "save as" only saved the main query css not the ones attached to it, i saved the css file in another location but its missing 800 lines not as bad as i thought, maybe 2-3 days work to restore it. i am getting a backup software asap. anyway thanks!

    ps i tried looking into chrome cahce file, its not there.

    John Waller
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    John WallerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 26, 2012

    After you have calmed down, please advise:

    1. which version of Dreamweaver
    2. which operating system
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    Anonymous
    May 26, 2012

    Dreamweaver CS5.5
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

    John Waller
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    John WallerCommunity Expert
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    May 26, 2012

    When you say everything was gone, do you mean in the DW Files Panel?

    Are the files still present on your hard drive when the folder is viewed in Windows Explorer?

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