Search and Find & Replace functions don't work for large sites

[davidchelly]

Hi,

As soon as the websites are large (>5000 pages), the search and the F&R functions cease to work

Dreamweaver starts well, but after 2 seconds, the app says "no response" and a few seconds later close with a Windows error message.

thanks in advance

[Rob Hecker2]

Large websites are built with databases to store the content and even huge websites like the New York Times or Amazon.com can be built with a single "web page". But Dreamweaver should still be able to search a site containing a great many files.

close with a Windows error message.

What error message are you getting?

[davidchelly]

thanks for the info. I've used Dreamweaver for about 20 years and I've always found it unable to search large websites.

I'm using a new computer so I thaught that il would do a little better than before. It's the contrary. The F&R function is working for small and medium-sized websites only.

the error message is one that I'm more and more used to see with Adobe (Photoshop also). It's in French and would be more or less : Dreamweaver has encountered an error. Windows has shut down the app.

[Nancy OShea]

DW Crashes - Restore preferences

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver-cs6-cc.html

Check your Windows Event Viewer for the faulty module.

Step 1: Check System for Corruption:

Repair System Files

1) Press Win + R

2) Type "cmd" and Press Enter.

3) Type "sfc/scannow" and press enter.

Note: You will need Admin rights to run the sfc command.

Step 2: Update to latest Windows

1) To check for Windows Updates (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10):

2) Click the Start button.

3) Type "update" into the search box and hit ENTER.

4) The Windows Update dialog box will appear.

5) If updates are available, click the Install Updates button.

Step 3: Clean up Junk Files

1) Click Start

2) Go to All Programs > Accessories > System Tools

3) Click Disk Cleanup

4) Choose what type of files and folders to delete at the Files to delete section

5) Click OK

6) To delete system files that are no longer needed, click Clean up system files.You may be prompted by UAC (User Account Control) to confirm the action.

7) Click Delete Files.

Nancy O.

[davidchelly]

the computer and the system are brand new

[Nancy OShea]

Yes.  But brand new does not mean you have all the latest graphics drivers and Win security updates.

Also, how much RAM memory do you have?  F&R on a very large site takes a huge amount of memory.

Nancy O.

[davidchelly]

thanks Nancy

I thaught it was 16 Go (info that was in the description) but apparently it's only 8 Go

I've tried to give the real time priority to Dreamweaver in the Ram allocation, but the F&R does not work better and the priority is reset to normal automatically

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

You need a lot more memory.  I have 64 GB of RAM and that's barely enough for what I do.