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August 28, 2012
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[Locked] Dreamweaver CS6 constantly freezing when ftp connection times-out

  • August 28, 2012
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Hi,

 

I was wondering if anyone's encountered this problem - when uploading via ftp and the connection times out Dreamweaver freezes - you can't close it, it just keeps saying "connection timed out", won't stop the process and the only way to get it back to work is to force close it. Happens on a very regular basis and is quiet frustrating. I'm using Adobe CS6 on a windows 7 machine.

 

Any help or advice is much appreciated!

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Participant
February 27, 2020

I've had this constantly with DW for the last four years as far as I can recall. I've tried everything on the forums.

Nothing works.

 

When DW has a problem with the FTP connection it will never just drop it or cancel it, it just goes on and on and on trying to connect. This happens maybe 20 times a day for me in my work cycle and I lose 4 or 5 mins each time. I know I should just use another FTP program, it kind of defeats the point of having FTP within Dreamweaver as when it does work it's absolutely what I need.

 

Adobe don't seem to take this seriously. It's not acknowledged as a problem and we get the usual, must be your router or ISP claptrap. This is frustrating.

Jon Fritz
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 27, 2020

This is an extremely old thread pertaining to DW CS6. CS6 is no longer sold, supported or updated in any way. Any problems that existed with it after about 2012 are permanent issues as the program will never be changed by Adobe, it is EOL.

If you are using something other than CS6, please start a new thread here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/dreamweaver

 

Make sure to include all pertinent information: OS, DW version, workflow, errors, FTP logs, etc

I'm locking this 2013 thread down.

JaydenLawson
Participating Frequently
September 17, 2013

Yes  have encountered this - for the last 13 fricking years with Dreamweaver!!!  See here for the only fix:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5688060#5688060

Participant
September 17, 2013

Here is the real FIX:

http://www.jetbrains.com/ 

Participant
April 5, 2013

From Dreamweaver team, we are sorry you guys are having to dela with this!

I hope it goes without saying that negatively impacting your productivity is the opposite of what we want. Thanks for working with us - We will continue to hammer on this until resolved!

Inspiring
April 5, 2013

Thanks! I appreciate the follow through. Let me know if you need more info for testing. -- Beth

Participant
March 4, 2013

Win 8 Pro 64bit, CS6 64bit....Same problem... (I tried Nancy O's fix, no dice)

How can a company like Adobe, not get FTP'ing down... #FAIL

Participant
December 2, 2012

I can confirm I am also having this problem. I have to crash out Dreamweaver CS6 every now and again as it gets stuck on "Operation timed out. Cancelling". Before (CS5) I could force this timeout to cancel itself but not anymore, it just hangs forever now.

This happens with various FTP servers, all fine with Filezilla. It's really been an issue with CS5 too, except that I could force it to stop without crashing out Dreamweaver.

Participant
August 29, 2012

I have this exact same problem too. As does my colleague. We're both using CS6 on Windows 7.

Dreamweaver is practically unusable as it continually times out the FTP upload, freezes and needs to be force-quit.

We have both installed the patch, which failed to make any difference.

Any help would be most appreciated. I'm currently at my wits end.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 29, 2012

Switch to a 3rd party FTP app like Filezilla or Cute ftp. 

If the problem persists in Filezilla, you can rule out DW as the source of your problem.

If the problem does not persist in Filezilla, at least you have a way to upload files.

Nancy O.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participant
August 29, 2012

Hi,

Thank you fopr all the advice! I've tried installing the patch (though I'm on a cloud subscription - why this wasn't automatic, or at least why there wasn't an automatic notification - is beyond me!) The patch didn't help. I'll try and use 3rd party program. Though it's incredibly frustrating. I'm paying a fair bit of money for a product that doesn't appear to be working correctly and there is absolutely no support avaialble from Adobe itself. Thank goodness there is agreat forum of users around!

Community Expert
August 29, 2012

What are you trying to upload via ftp?  File size?  Is this regular FTP, SFTP, FTPS?

Participant
August 29, 2012

It's usually just html and css files, so they're mostly under 10kb. Sometimes it'll be images - but they're usually under the 100kb mark. It's regular ftp.

mytaxsite
Inspiring
August 29, 2012

remmie_web wrote:

It's usually just html and css files, so they're mostly under 10kb. Sometimes it'll be images - but they're usually under the 100kb mark. It's regular ftp.

I am using Windows 7 and I haven't seen this on my system.  Have you updated your CS6 with recent patch that corrects many of the FTP problems expressed by users here? It's worth a try if you haven't done it yet.