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Dreamweaver 21.5 unstable & crashing [MERGED by moderator]

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May 21, 2025
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On my PC and work laptop Dreamweaver is freezing and crashing everyday since this last update, it is very annoying. Please fix this bug.

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Viktoria24203226e6hj

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I know this issue has been resolved or found a way to make it work but I cannot believe that the only solution is to revert back to previous version...

I wonder if the issue could be similar to the ctrl+C ctrl+V freeze that Illustrator had in the past 2 weeks?

I have been struggling with Dreamweaver's freezes for longer, but this has to be sorted!
I am losing time and energy on having to shut down and redo all my work every time I open Dreamweaver copy paste code into it and it freezes on the next click...

I have reversed back to previous version for now but Please fix this

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glenn-p

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Adobe isn't insterested in Dreamweaver any longer. It's like AOL dial-up to them.

I don't use Illustrator much but I will say an update to Adobe Audition around the same time as the Dreamweaver update broke that as well. I had to do the same thing - revert to the previous version. Stable products and technical support have never been strong points for Adobe. I don't typically give up easily and I have on this.

Nayan_Kankariya

Community Manager

Hi @glenn-p,

Thanks for writing to us. Your message about Adobe not caring for Dreamweaver any longer is not correct, we continue to fully care for Dreamweaver along with other products, and Dw will continue to be part of Creative Cloud. We are actively hearing all our users feedback and commit to keeping the app working on the latest OS platforms and providing key feature upgrades.

We are actively working on resolving the stability issues that multiple users have reported in this forum w.r.t version 21.5 and will release an update soon that will fix the issues on both Mac and Win platforms.

Have a pleasant day!

Thanks,

Nayan

Adobe Dreamweaver Team

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bronwyn_1292

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Some reassurance from Adobe that this is being worked on would be appreciated.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I don't work for Adobe. And I can't predict what timeline they may be working on. We'll all have to wait...

In the meantime, revert to version 21.4

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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bronwyn_1292

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Thanks Nancy, I realise you don't work for Adobe. This was not aimed at you.

Reverting is not straightforward with an enterprise licence and centrally managed software licencing. <span style="rhetorical">Will anything break that was generated in 21.5?</span>

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Frank2daMax

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I haven’t had time to downgrade to Dreamweaver 21.4, so I’ve been opening and closing the program immediately. That way, it doesn’t crash for the rest of the day, so I don’t lose my work while coding. I’ll revert to a previous version when I have time, but it's been several months and Adobe still hasn’t fixed this issue. If they were planning to resolve it, they’d have done so by now, it shouldn't take this long to fix such a minor problem.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I’ve been opening and closing the program immediately. That way, it doesn’t crash for the rest of the day...
By @Frank2daMax

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Did you Restore Preferences as suggested earlier in this topic?

https://community.adobe.com/t5/dreamweaver-discussions/dreamweaver-has-been-very-unstable-and-crashing-since-this-last-may-2025-update/m-p/15438569#M230982

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Frank2daMax

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@Nancy OShea, I've tried all the solutions mentioned in the community topic, but nothing has worked so far. I haven’t had the chance to downgrade to version 21.4 yet, but that’s my next step when I have the time.

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Nicki Marie

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Adding to this - I can't even do basic edits without Dreamweaver crashing. Came here looking for a solution. I am reverting back to 21.4. Paying a LOT OF MONEY for these apps, they should work as expected.

Nayan_Kankariya

Community Manager

Hi @Nicki Marie,

Thanks for writing to us. Can you please confirm if you are on Mac ARM platform. If yes, can you please try installing Rosetta environment which is provided by Apple by running the below command on your terminal. On Windows platform, we are actively investigating the issue internally and will soon release an update fixing the behavior.

Please invoke Terminal and run the below command to install Rosetta:

If you have root permission: /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta

If you don't have root permission: /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license

You can also refer this Apple article to install Rosetta on Mac ARM machine. Please do give a try and let us know on the outcome for further investigations.

Have a pleasant day!

Regards,

Nayan

Adobe Dreamweaver Team

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Frank2daMax

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Thank you @Nayan_Kankariya for the update. I'm on a PC using Windows 11 and still have this issue for over 4+ months now. I hope you and your team are able to resolve this soon for us PC users.

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Leon Gross

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Same with mine, locks-up on my Windows machine. Re-start Dreamweaver and it then seems fine till the next day. I've tried the suggestions, they sadly don't seem to make a difference. Seems a new bug in the latest update.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Your frustration is understood. I believe the DW team is aware of problems and working on fixes to address them.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Frank2daMax

Participating Frequently

I've been experiencing this issue since the last Dreamweaver update in May 2025. I'm using a PC with Windows 11, and the problem has been occurring every day since. It typically happens within the first 5-10 minutes of using the application, after which it freezes. I then have to force it to shut down and restart Dreamweaver. Once restarted, the issue doesn't happen again until the next day when I open Dreamweaver, and the cycle repeats.

I’ve tried completely uninstalling Dreamweaver, removing all user settings, and reinstalling it fresh, but the issue persists. My last resort will be to install the previous version of Dreamweaver, as this daily issue is becoming too frustrating.

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KellSacc

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Same, Frank258...

The workaround for now seems to be: Open a Dreamweaver project and acknowledge that you can't edit/upload your work from the local file to the server. Close Dreamweaver; restart Dreamweaver. Second time seems to be the charm. Also agreed that this behavior seems to have started with a recent update.

chloeh81

Participant

I have exactly the same issue. Dreamweaver now only works for about half an hour before I get the rainbow wheel and I have to close it. Super frustrating, at the start of the year it worked just fine.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Did you Restore Preferences?

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

Does this happen with all files or just certain ones?

If it's limited to certain files, run a code Validation Report.

Window ⇒ Results ⇒ Validation.

Check Document & fix all reported errors.

Hope that helps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Alberto22601391zkul

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Same here in both computers, crashing several times, everyday

SendraDS

Participant

I have prevented the repeating crashes by disabling "Enable Relate Files" in Settings > General > Document Options.

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Alberto22601391zkul

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Thank you.. I´ll try that

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bronwyn_1292

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I'm finding DW is going non-responsive and I have to kill the task in Task Manager pretty much daily. This is an enterprise wide installation so reverting to 21.4 is not a trivial exercise. It'd be good to know someone is looking at fixing this.

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glenn-p

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There's no sign anyone from Adobe monitors this so I suggest reaching out to their support. You'll see Nancy's replies but she's just a nice person trying to help. She doesn't work for Adobe support.

Adobe is done with Dreamweaver so, as painful as it might be, going to back to 21.4 for your users might be the only viable option. I'm building all of my new projects using VS Code now. If you work in code view, it has been a breath of fresh air.

BenPleysier

Community Expert

There's no sign anyone from Adobe monitors this so I suggest reaching out to their support. You'll see Nancy's replies but she's just a nice person trying to help. She doesn't work for Adobe support.

Adobe is done with Dreamweaver so, as painful as it might be, going to back to 21.4 for your users might be the only viable option. I'm building all of my new projects using VS Code now. If you work in code view, it has been a breath of fresh air.

By @glenn-p

A very wise decision, one that I have been advocating for the last 10 years. Dreameweaver is dead were it not for the life support machine called Adobe. I do not understand why any serious 'enterprise' would still be using it.

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Kajrov

Inspiring

I have the same problem after the lates update, and I have a lot of resurces 8 GB GPU + 48GB RAM 2.24TB progam disc free space. all drivers up to date. OP Miscrosoft 11 pro version 24H2 build 26110.4652 intel I7-9700KF 3,60 GHz

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