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Getoutandstayout
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August 30, 2022
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Re-installing Dreamweaver - will it blow away your current settings?

  • August 30, 2022
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I may have to reinstall DW CS6. If I do, will it overwrite everything I have locally on my laptop? If so, I suppose I could download everything from the remote server, but it would be so time-consuming. Perhaps DW would "find" where I have all my files stored on my hard drive and pull them all in after the new install?

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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August 30, 2022

Before reinstalling, did you try Restoring Preferences?  That fixes most problems.

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

 

It's always good to export Site definition settings to STE files and have them where you can easily find them again.

 

If your computer supports CS6, after installing you can import the STE files to recover your server's log-in credentials.   NOTE:  CS6 has never been tested on Win11.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Ben MCommunity Expert
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August 30, 2022

As pointed out, it will not do anything with your site files.  However, if you use the CC Cleaner it could remove your site definitions so it's always a good idea to backup the site definitions first.

    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    August 30, 2022

    Re-installing will only affect the program files; it will not affect the data files.

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