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DW8 starts ... initialising colordata for code... and closes immediatly

Community Beginner ,
Jan 11, 2023 Jan 11, 2023

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Hi,

I use Dreamweaver 8.0.2 (no jokes please 😉 ) on Win10.

Since yesterday I have the following problem:

- I start DW

- the little windos shows what is loading ... at the end it shows: "Inilialisiere Farbdaten für Code..." (engl.: "Initialize color data for code...")

And then ... closes immediatly 😞

I tried to re-install / repair DW8, but the problem still exists.

What can I do?

Thanks!!!

Uwe

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Community Expert , Jan 11, 2023 Jan 11, 2023

Code colors are stored in Preferences.  By the looks of things, your Preferences file may be corrupted.  Restore Preferences as described below. NOTE: to find the file, you must SHOW  hidden files/folders from your Windows File Expolorer.

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

 

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Jan 11, 2023 Jan 11, 2023

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Dreamweaver 8 is not supported on Windows 10 and recent updates could have broken your installation. Your only option may be to run a virtual machine using Windows 2000/XP and see if you can get the old version of DW working in that.  Otherwise, it may be worth upgrading or looking to an alternative solution for web development.

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I don't think Dreamweaver 8 can be activated anymore.  It's too old.   CS1, CS2, CS3 and CS4 activation servers are dead.  Adobe took those aged out servers offline quite a while ago.

 

Try using a modern code editor instead. 

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CODE EDITORS:
-- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
-- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces
-- Nova (Mac only, formerly called Coda) - https://nova.app/
-- Pinegrow - https://pinegrow.com/
-- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/
-- Visual Studio Code (free) - https://code.visualstudio.com/

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

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Code colors are stored in Preferences.  By the looks of things, your Preferences file may be corrupted.  Restore Preferences as described below. NOTE: to find the file, you must SHOW  hidden files/folders from your Windows File Expolorer.

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

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

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Jan 12, 2023 Jan 12, 2023

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Nancy ... that's it ... thank you so much!

I love you!!!

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I'm glad it worked for you as a temporary fix. But keep in mind that Dreamweaver 8 is very old and should be replaced with newer software.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

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