Wiped hard drive & reloaded software: how do I bring sites into DW?

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February 6, 2021
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I had to wipe my hard drive and reload the software. In the past, my sites migrated automatically, but this has not happened. I have all the site files on my computer: how do I bring the sites back into Dreamweaver?

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Ben M

Community Expert

Sites don't migrate automatically in any version that I am aware of. If you have the .ste backup you can just import that. Alternatively if you are on a Mac and have a backup of your HDD, you can go to the Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/{version}/Sites/Site Prefs to restore your preferences. Or in windows you can look in the registry at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common\12.0\Sites

FJBergmannAuthor

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I don't have the backup. All the HTML files were on iCloud and are now back on my computer, but Dreamweaver is empty. Do I have to enter all the info as if these were new sites?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Hi @FJBergmann,

Did you previously sync your site settings to the Creative Cloud? If yes, try importing them from your Preferences > Sync Settings tab. And then restart DW. See screenshot.

Failing that, manually create new site definitions. And be sure to export them to STE files with FTP info as a backup.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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