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ALsp
Brainiac
October 15, 2018
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Issue with using Extensions and Add-Ons in DW

  • October 15, 2018
  • 11 replies
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If you rely on extensions or add-ons, DO NOT allow the Dreamweaver 19 update to occur.

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    Correct answer Nayan_Kankariya

    Hello,

    If you have run into an issue that the extensions installed from older versions of Dreamweaver do not show up after uninstall and re-install of Dreamweaver CC 2019, here are a set of steps that will help make the acquired extensions available in Dreamweaver 2019.

    Note:

    1. This will work only for the extensions that support Dreamweaver CC 2019 and were installed via the Adobe Exchange platform or using the ExManCMD tool.
    2. If you are using a Third party extension installer that does not use ExManCmd, this fix will not apply.

    Steps:

    1. Download the appropriate zip package using these links:

    For macOS 

    For Windows

    1. Quit all Adobe applications.
    2. Unzip the package and run the file
      1. For macOS: InstallExtensions.command
      2. For Windows: InstallExtensions.bat
    3. If prompted by macOS or Windows, provide your password to proceed.
    4. Wait for the process to be complete.
    5. Launch Dreamweaver CC 2019 and check if the extensions are visible.

    Report any errors that you run into. And we’d appreciate hearing back from you that this solution worked.

    P.S. : This script internally only disables and enables the acquired extensions so that they show up in Dreamweaver CC 2019. After performing the above steps, if the extensions are not visible in Dreamweaver CC 2019, navigate to this page, click Uninstall, wait for 20-30 seconds for the extension to be removed, and then click Install.

    Thanks,

    The Adobe Dreamweaver Team

    11 replies

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    October 15, 2018

    It can still be installed separately from older versions (not as an overwriting update).

    While installing, they just need to verify that the checkbox for "Remove Older Versions" is turned off under the Advanced tab (that may be the default now). I left both CC2015 and 2018 installed when adding 2019.

    My CC 2015 extensions were unaffected by the new install.

    ALsp
    ALspAuthor
    Brainiac
    October 15, 2018

    The problem is that the Dreamweaver team has seemingly become so incompetent that bugs and issues are not black an white. I, for instance, had the stated checkbox unchecked and yet... Dreamweaver 18 was overwritten, while only prior versions were preserved. I'm working on a solution to that now.

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    October 15, 2018

    That's just weird...

    On my Windows 7 machine, with the checkbox in the installation dialogue turned off, it left both CC2015 and 2018 installed. It did however make opening CC2018 take about 1/10th the time it used to, so "something" was changed by the installation.

    Nothing else seems affected so far.