dreamweaver cs5 hangs on start

Report · Apr 30, 2010

every time i start dreamweaver cs5, it get stuck on initializing files, i cant even do end task on it. i tried giving administrator permission, try switching to xp compatible or vista, nothing works. anyone knows what can be the problem?

i have attack the image on what it get stuck on.

Report · May 24, 2010

We checked Dreamweaver CS 5 Trial on PC Intel Core 2 duo 6600, 4 GB Ram, Nvidia 7600 graphic card, with Windows 7 Professional 32 bit and 64 bit.

It works perfectly on 32 bit. It hangs on 64 bit, we uninstalled it on the 64 bit computer.

Forget Adobe support. They are evil.

Mik - tim

Report · May 24, 2010

timW22374100 wrote:
We checked Dreamweaver CS 5 Trial on PC Intel Core 2 duo 6600, 4 GB Ram, Nvidia 7600 graphic card, with Windows 7 Professional 32 bit and 64 bit.
It works perfectly on 32 bit. It hangs on 64 bit, we uninstalled it on the 64 bit computer.

I haven't tested it on 32 bit Windows, but Dreamweaver CS5 is working perfectly on my Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. It should install into C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.

I can't explain why it failed to work on your 64 bit machine, but I've been running Dreamweaver CS5 without problems in 64 bit Windows 7 for nearly six months (both in beta and the final release).

Report · May 24, 2010

Hi David,

thanks for the hint. It actually does install into the below mentioned

directory. But unfortunately it hangs when the image appears. For us

that doesn't matter too much. We'll use it on the 32 bit machine. We are

happy that some annoying CS4 / Windows 7 bugs are gone.

Regards

Mik

Report · Jun 03, 2010

Here is how i fixed it on Mac OS:

In the Finder open the Go menu, select "Go To Folder..."
Type "~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5" and press Ok
Move the en_US folder to the trash

This fixed the problem on mine.

Note: I also deleted the ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4 folder. I'm not sure if it's related.

Report · Jun 03, 2010

This solved my "dreamweaver cs5 forgetting ftp passwords " issue!

It imported them again (I think from cs4 still installed)

If you have workspaces saved you must remember to copy them back in though when dreamweaver creates a new en_US folder.

thanks russ man!

Simon Gamble

Managing Director

Report · Jun 25, 2010

Sadly, quitting Dreamweaver, removing the en_US folder from DW's Application Support, and re-launching does not work for me. Still no username and password Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I have several sites defined.

Same with repairing and removing references to the servers and Dreamweaver via Keychain Access.

This is certainly frustrating!

Best wishes,

Steve

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Stephen E. Hutson

AquilaDigital Partnership

Report · Jun 26, 2010

Ah, found a solution at last.

It seems that after deleting the Keychain entries and the en_US folder, I needed to uninstall/reinstall Dreamweaver, then fix the permissions on the Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5 folder.

The uninstall/reinstall seemed to be a vital part of the "fix," and now my ftp server login name and password are saved across launches.

Happy once again..

Best wishes,

Steve

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Stephen E. Hutson

AquilaDigital Partnership

Report · Jun 22, 2010

If you have FileVault turned off and you're unable to launch Dreamweaver, instead of deleting all of your Dreamweaver CS5 user config files, try recreating just the DVADialogPrefs.xml file as described below.

1. Quit Dreamweaver.

2. In Mac Finder, browse to this file:

Mac HD/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/DVADialogPrefs/DVADialogPrefs.xml

3. Drag DVADialogPrefs.xml to the Mac desktop and rename it to DVADialogPrefsORIGINAL.xml.

4. Restart Dreamweaver.

David Alcala

Dreamweaver QE

Report · Jun 30, 2010

Still doesn't work with FlieVault turned on!

Report · May 30, 2011

David Alcala - Adobe wrote:
If you have FileVault turned off and you're unable to launch Dreamweaver, instead of deleting all of your Dreamweaver CS5 user config files, try recreating just the DVADialogPrefs.xml file as described below.
1. Quit Dreamweaver.
2. In Mac Finder, browse to this file:
Mac HD/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5/en_US/Configuration/DVADialogPrefs/DVADialogPrefs.xml
3. Drag DVADialogPrefs.xml to the Mac desktop and rename it to DVADialogPrefsORIGINAL.xml.
4. Restart Dreamweaver.
David Alcala
Dreamweaver QE

This worked for me, Thanks so much!

Report · Sep 08, 2010

This worked for me too (not using file vault):

Here is how i fixed it on Mac OS:

In the Finder open the Go menu, select "Go To Folder..."
Type "~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS5" and press Ok
Move the en_US folder to the trash

This fixed the problem on mine.

Note: I also deleted the ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4 folder. I'm not sure if it's related.

Report · Aug 24, 2010

Dreamweaver won't start on a limited user account (windows XP).

Adobe Support just suggested to get an admin account to use it.

This is not possible.

Any suggestions?

Report · Jan 16, 2011

Yippe..this fixed my Dreamweaver hangup!

I am running a new iMac Snow Leopard...but I did NOT have the vault turned on..so all you running with the vault..this may or may not work for you.

Good Luck!

Thanks a millions David Powers and Jim Bloom for leading us to this link and update patch for Dreamweaver!

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/629224

Report · May 14, 2011

Hei, guys, You konw how i fixed this terrible issue?

1, Pacth AdobeDreamweaver-11-0-All-Update.dmg which was published to resolve this problem, not work

2, reinstall DW CS 5, not work

3, uninstall DW CS 5, install DW CS4, not work

4, reinstall DW CS4, not work

5, I go to sleep

6, uninstall DW CS4, install DW CS5, IT WORK!!!!

It is a precious mess ! I konw why flash was not allowed running in IOS.

Report · May 03, 2012

Try this solution: http://christierney.com/2011/01/06/dreamweaver-cs4-hangs-at-initializing-extension-data/

It is for CS4, but i worked for me. Delete the cache located here: “C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration\SiteCache”.

Report · May 03, 2012

erm it's over a year since this thread ended...lol