[Locked] Dreamweaver CS6 constantly freezing when ftp connection times-out

Report · Aug 28, 2012

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone's encountered this problem - when uploading via ftp and the connection times out Dreamweaver freezes - you can't close it, it just keeps saying "connection timed out", won't stop the process and the only way to get it back to work is to force close it. Happens on a very regular basis and is quiet frustrating. I'm using Adobe CS6 on a windows 7 machine.

Any help or advice is much appreciated!

Report · May 30, 2013

Thanks Jon Fritz II, that solved it - for me anyway.

Thank you very much indeed.

I do still think there is a bug in Dreamweaver which in certain circumstances (like trying to cope with a corrupt DW Cache ?), causes it to go into a tight loop at that 'delete directory' juncture. But deleting the cache now lets me connect to my problem site successfuly - so i never get to experience the lower level problem. And by the way, a few days ago my computer did crash with a power cut, which might explain the DW Cache corruption too.

I haven't seen this recommendation anywhere else - but, everyone who is suffering from this, I would thoroughly endorse it !

Many thanks again. Very grateful.

Report · May 30, 2013

I'm so glad to see this was resolved!

Without a doubt, the file / site management tool in Dw needs work. It hasn't changed in a long time and is high up on our list! Stay tuned

Report · May 30, 2013

I was hoping this would work for me too, but it did not. Bummer. Would love to see a fix for it.

--Beth

Report · May 30, 2013

Nope, didn't work for me either.

Report · Sep 17, 2013

Yes have encountered this - for the last 13 fricking years with Dreamweaver!!! See here for the only fix:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5688060#5688060

Report · Sep 17, 2013

Here is the real FIX:

http://www.jetbrains.com/

Report · Feb 27, 2020

I've had this constantly with DW for the last four years as far as I can recall. I've tried everything on the forums.

Nothing works.

When DW has a problem with the FTP connection it will never just drop it or cancel it, it just goes on and on and on trying to connect. This happens maybe 20 times a day for me in my work cycle and I lose 4 or 5 mins each time. I know I should just use another FTP program, it kind of defeats the point of having FTP within Dreamweaver as when it does work it's absolutely what I need.

Adobe don't seem to take this seriously. It's not acknowledged as a problem and we get the usual, must be your router or ISP claptrap. This is frustrating.

Report · Feb 27, 2020

This is an extremely old thread pertaining to DW CS6. CS6 is no longer sold, supported or updated in any way. Any problems that existed with it after about 2012 are permanent issues as the program will never be changed by Adobe, it is EOL.

If you are using something other than CS6, please start a new thread here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/forums/postpage/board-id/dreamweaver

Make sure to include all pertinent information: OS, DW version, workflow, errors, FTP logs, etc

I'm locking this 2013 thread down.