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March 2, 2021
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DW CS6 (1) reinstalling the program & (2) Flash error messages

  • March 2, 2021
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Dear DW Technical Support:

(1) I've been having recent problems with my long-ago purchased and installed DW CS6 app and would like to know if I were to reisntall it using my copy of "Dreamweaver_12_LS16" would it preserve all my links, codes and presets or simply erase them?  (2) Also DW CS6 app has recently been generating error messages relating to Adobe's discontinued Flash support (see attachment). Are there any files that I shoud delete now that Flash is inopertive?

BTW because I am running DW CS6, my computer I have  to run on macOS Mojave version 10.14.6 as the current DW version is too costly for my budget.  So thank you for your help in keep my website alive (with DW CS6) -online at same URL since 1997. 

Cheers,

Biron

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Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 3, 2021

As Nancy mentioned, your site files are not part of DW. The program can be reinstalled without affecting them, however, your site definitions should be exported first so you don't need to manually re-enter all of the settings for each site. To do that...

1. Go to Site > Manage Sites
2. Click the site you want to export to highlight it
3. Click the Export icon to create a .ste file
4. Save the .ste for later use in a location you can easily find 
5. Reinstall DWCS6 from your media or install a modern version of the program from the CC Desktop App after purchasing a subscription
6. In the reinstalled/new version of DW, go to Site > Manage Sites
7. Click the Import icon
8. Browse to one of the .ste files you created in step 3
9. Rinse and repeat for every .ste file


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    BIRON PhotosAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 3, 2021

    Thanks. Saved settings as .ste file as suggested, but when I attempted to reinstall DWCS6 was unable to lauch 'install.app' Must I upload something from theAdobe site to make this 'initializing installer' work?

    Screenshot of error message attached.

    Thanks again for your help.

    biron

     

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 4, 2021

    This page should help you get the installer running:https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/install-creative-suite-mac-os-sierra.html

    Apple decided to change how things worked, a little, back in those versions of the OS. In their latest, nothing but 64bit CC versions will run at all.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 2, 2021

    #1 Your site files are stored on your local hard drive and remote server, not inside the Dreamweaver program itself.  Preferences, Workspaces and Site Definition settings are not the same as your site files.

     

    #2 Flash Player was a browser add-on that was discontinued on Dec 31st and subsequently blocked from running by browsers and operating systems for your protection.  Flash Player should be uninstalled if you haven't already.  If still using Flash based apps, you should replace them with non-flash based apps.  Flash is officially dead now.
    https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html

     

    #3 DW CS6 is outdated and hasn't received an update in 8+ years.  The web has changed a lot since then.  I don't remember DW using Flash although some features in Acrobat, Bridge and Photoshop did and will probably stop working.

     

    Best advice, switch to modern software on a modern operating system.  If Creative Cloud is beyond your reach, consider using an open source code editor like Brackets or VS Code.  Pinegrow is a paid option for visual designers.  There are also many online web services like Squarespace, Webflow, Wix and WordPress to consider.  

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    BIRON PhotosAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 3, 2021

    Hi Nancy,

     

    Thanks for your detailed response.  

    "If still using Flash based apps, you should replace them with non-flash based apps.  Flash is officially dead now."

    Since DW CS6 is flash-based  – and all my files that used Flash have already been updated –  which Flash files/folders in the DW CS6 application folder should I remove?  Perhaps all of them which are named 'Flash' or will that create more problems than it solves?

    Thanks again,

    biron

     

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 3, 2021

    No.  Dreamweaver itself is NOT flash-based.  Never has been.

    But your site may contain Flash elements which you must remove from your site.

     

    What I said was some apps in Creative Suite 6 have Flash dependencies.  Among them Bridge, Acrobat and Photoshop.  There may be others. I don't know.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    John T SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 2, 2021

    This is a public forum NOT Adobe support

     

    Adobe no longer supports CS6 programs

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    BIRON PhotosAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 2, 2021

    "Come for help, be inspired."

    That should mean you still will walk me through the steps necessary to save my presets before I reinstall the unsopportted DW CS6, rather than curtly dismissing my request. I've been a loyal customer of Adobe since the get-go and deserve better.  Please reconsider! 

    Lionl Biron

     

     

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    BIRON PhotosAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 2, 2021

    Additional info. In DW CS6 File under: –> Export –> 'Template Data as XML'  is NOT highlighted suggesting corrupted files which I hope can be replaced in tmy Application folder. 

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