OS X: Dreamweaver 8 AND CS 3 won't start!!!

Just did a complete system installation with OS X 10.5.1. I then installed
Adobe CS 2 plus a Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8. The system is running perfect,
exept that Dreamweaver 8 was crashing on startup (freezing after startup
screen). I did the hole "delete-config-delete-prefs-delete-siteprefs"
procedure. Nothing? I even tryied to get rid of the startup screen as described
in a http://www.adobe.com/go/14ca38fb. But as described I opened the prefs in
order to kill the start screen but the file was empty!

Because I have a deadline to meet, I got a trial version of CS 3 from the
Adobe site, just to get things done and take care of the problem on another
day. Guess what? Dreamweaver CS 3 crashes too!!!! Same freezing phenomena just
after showing the startup screen (not the app logo but that dashboard which is
displayed after app is loaded). I did exactly the same procedure with deleting
prefs and such? nothing.

Site lauch is postponed now, Dreamweaver still not running? I am tempted to
jump out of the window.

OK, I got the bad guy. It was definitely the start up screen. For all folks
having a pref file WITH content in it, see the tech note in my post above.

But if you just installed Dreamweaver from scratch, this file is empty. In
this case fire up a text editor like TextEdit or TextWrangler, create a new
document and copy/paste the below code into the empty document. Then save the
file and name it "Dreamweaver 8 Prefs". Do not use a file ending (like .txt).
Then save the file in your ~/Library/Preferences/

That did the trick for me!!!




[BROWSER LAUNCH MENUS]
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name05=
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aliasid02=27067
name06=
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aliasid03=-1
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aliasid04=-1
name08=
usetemp=0
aliasid05=-1
name09=
path0a=
aliasid06=-1
path0b=
path10=
path00=
aliasid07=-1
path0c=
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path01=
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path0d=
path12=
path02=
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path0e=
path13=
count=3
path03=
path0f=
path04=
name0a=
path05=
name0b=
name10=
browse directory=
name00=Safari
path06=
name0c=
name11=
name01=Firefox
path07=
name0d=
name12=
primary=1
name02=Opera
path08=
aliasid0a=-1
name0e=
name13=
name03=
path09=
aliasid0b=-1
name0f=
aliasid10=-1
aliasid00=24276
name04=
aliasid0c=-1
aliasid11=-1
secondary=-1

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE0]
width=592
height=-1
description=

[RETURN KEY]
swap <p> with <br>=FALSE

[TAG COLORS]
function keyword=#0000FF
background color=#FFFFFF
number background=
string=#006600
entity background=
attribute=#000099
identifier background=
entity=#000000
operator background=
operator=#0000FF
bracket=#000099
identifier=#000000
css value background=
keyword1=#0000FF
comment background=
css property background=
css value=#FF0000
number=#FF0000
character background=
url=#0000FF
css property=#0000FF
default tag color background=
character=#006600
keyword1 background=
bracket background=
comment=#999999
string background=
url background=
text=#000000
attribute background=
css selector=#990099
css selector background=
function keyword background=
default tag color=#000099

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE1]
width=536
height=196
description=" (640 x 480, Standard)"

[RULER DEFAULTS]
units=PIXELS
visible=TRUE

[LAYERS DEFAULTS]
width=200
background color=
tag=DIV
visibility=default
always nest=FALSE
height=115
background image=
use netscape css resize fix=TRUE

[DOWNLOAD STATS PREFERENCES]
units=Kilobytes
modem speed=57344

[LAYOUT MODE]
use spacer images=TRUE
html box color=#0099FF
layout group color=#009900
layout background=#DDDDDD

[FONT PREFERENCES]
number encodings=0
macintosh rendering type=2
default encoding=513

[GENERAL PREFERENCES]
max number of history steps=50
migrated prefs=TRUE
open files in new window=TRUE
use doc tabs=TRUE
typing onidle delay=333
show start page=FALSE
drop office action=
autorename form items=TRUE
allow multiple spaces=FALSE
inline input enabled=TRUE
allow blocks with no vertical space=FALSE
show open file message=TRUE
follow heading with paragraph=TRUE
always use doc tabs=FALSE
avoid bold and italic=TRUE
update links when file change=1
make writable=TRUE
show last open documents=FALSE
translate ssis=TRUE
show dialog=TRUE
file extension=.htm
avoid font tags=TRUE

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE2]
width=600
height=300
description=" (640 x 480, Maximiert)"

[DIFF\]
diffpath=

[LIBRARY]
library lock color=#FFFFCC
template lock color=#FFFFCC
dyn untranslated color=#CCFFFF
dyn needs refresh color=#CCFFFF
dyn up-to-date color=#FFFFCC
mouseover highlight=#FF7070
library editable color=#66CCCC
use xml notation=FALSE
nested template editable color=#FFCC33
third party tag color=#CCFFFF

[FONT MENU]
item01=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
item02=Times New Roman, Times, serif
item03=Courier New, Courier, mono
item04=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif
item05=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
item06=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif

[SPELLING PREFERENCES]
lexicon2=sscege2.clx
lexicon3=macromedia.tlx
lexicon4=
lexicon1=sscege.tlx

[NEW DOCUMENT PREFERENCES]
last item selected=0
last category selected=0
update page when template changes=TRUE
create document=TRUE
default html extension=html
show dialog=TRUE
default document type=HTML
default xhtml option=FALSE
last tab selected=0

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE3]
width=760
height=420
description=" (800 x 600, Maximiert)"

[PRINTING]
print selection only=FALSE

[REGISTRATION]
middle name=

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP0]
primary editor=0
editor path0=Macintosh HD:Applications:Macromedia Fireworks 8:Fireworks 8.app
number of editors=1

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE4]
width=795
height=470
description=" (832 x 624, Maximiert)"

[BLOCK VISUALIZATION]
showdivboxmodel=TRUE
layervisoutlinecolor=12632256
divvisbackgroundcolors0=35716896
showdivbackgrounds=FALSE
showlayeroutlines=TRUE
layervisoutlinewidth=1
selecteddivoutlinecolor=16711680
divvisbackgroundcolors1=33619967
divvisbackgroundcolors2=36962218
divvisbackgroundcolors3=50323524
selecteddivoutlinewidth=3
divvisbackgroundcolors4=50331568
showdivoutlines=TRUE
divvisoutlinestyle=DOTTED
divvisbackgroundcolors5=45154160
divvisbackgroundcolors6=50305382
divvisbackgroundcolors10=50331488
divvisbackgroundcolors7=47227135
divvisbackgroundcolors11=50318489
divvisoutlinecolor=0
boxmodelpaddingcolor=14013918
divvisbackgroundcolors8=39870719
divvisbackgroundcolors12=50292479
divvisbackgroundcolors9=40291583
divvisbackgroundcolors13=41980159
divvisbackgroundcolors14=40304588
divvisoutlinewidth=1
boxmodelmargincolor=16442073
divvisbackgroundcolors15=43646975
layervisoutlinestyle=OUTSET

[OPTIONAL DIALOG WINDOWS]
move file/folder on server=FALSE

[SOURCE FORMAT]
tags upper case=FALSE
indent enabled=TRUE
line wrap enabled=FALSE
attrs upper case=FALSE
line wrap column=76
force tag case=FALSE
use tabs=FALSE
ignore in cell=TRUE
indent size=2
force attr case=FALSE
tab size=4
line break type=13

[LAYOUT PREFERENCES]
evolve: show layers palette=TRUE
devolve: show layers palette=FALSE
devolve: collapsible column width=4
evolve: snap to grid=TRUE
constrain layout=FALSE
devolve: show grids=FALSE
evolve: show grids=TRUE
devolve: use transparent gifs=TRUE
evolve: prevent layer overlaps=TRUE
devolve: prevent layer overlaps=FALSE
devolve: snap to grid=FALSE
devolve: center table on page=FALSE
devolve: generate most accurate table=TRUE

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP1]
primary editor=0
editor path0=Macintosh HD:Applications:Macromedia Fireworks 8:Fireworks 8.app
number of editors=1

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE5]
width=955
height=600
description=" (1024 x 768, Maximiert)"

[INVISIBLES DEFAULTS]
show=17816901

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP2]
primary editor=0
editor path0=Macintosh HD:Applications:Macromedia Fireworks 8:Fireworks 8.app
number of editors=1

[HTML PREFERENCES]
encode entities in attribute values=TRUE
throw away extra end tags=FALSE
double byte nbsp=FALSE
fixup active content=TRUE
warn when rewriting invalid html=FALSE
html inspector autoindent=FALSE
fix invalid nesting=FALSE
encode special characters in urls=0
default url format=1
use center tag=FALSE
never rewrite certain files=TRUE
never rewrite extension list=.as .asr .asc .asp .ascx .asmx .aspx .cfc .cfm
..cfml .config .cs .ihtml .js .jsp .php .php3 .vb .xml .xsl .xslt .xul
check active content on open=TRUE

[WINDOW SIZES\-SIZE6]
width=544
height=378
description=" (WebTV)"

[CODE HINTS]
closing tag completion=Starting close tag
code hints enabled=TRUE
code hints delay=0

[REMOTE DOWNLOAD]
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remotedownloadallow=TRUE

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EXTENSION GROUP0]
file extension0=.png
number of extensions=1

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP3]
primary editor=1
editor path0=G5.intern:Applications:Web + Authoring:Macromedia Flash MX
2004:Flash MX 2004
number of editors=2
editor path1=Macintosh HD:Applications:Macromedia Flash 8:Flash 8.app

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EXTENSION GROUP1]
file extension0=.gif
number of extensions=1

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP4]
primary editor=0
editor path0=G5.intern:Applications:Readers und Players:QuickTime Player.app
number of editors=1

[SETTINGS]
showtableheaders=TRUE
lastdirectory=Macintosh HD:Users:mcsocuments

[SITE PREFERENCES]
site bar mode=1
ftp timeout=60
auto dismiss dialogs during ftp transfers=TRUE
auto dismiss time=60
primary view is local=TRUE
disconnect time=30
firewall host=
put dependents=0
show dependent file dialog on get/check out=FALSE
show dependent file dialog on put/check in=FALSE
save before put=FALSE
get dependents=0
local view on left=FALSE
use disconnect timer=TRUE
firewall port=21

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EXTENSION GROUP2]
file extension0=.jpg
file extension1=.jpe
file extension2=.jpeg
number of extensions=3

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP5]
primary editor=0
editor path0=G5.intern:Applications:Readers und Players:QuickTime Player.app
number of editors=1

[ACCESSIBILITY]
accessibility form options=TRUE
accessibility image options=TRUE
accessibility frame options=TRUE
keep focus in panel=FALSE
offscreen rendering=TRUE
use large font=FALSE
accessibility media options=TRUE

[JAVA/JSP PREFERENCES]
java/jdk home=
.jsp compiler=$${JSPCBatch} "$${JavaHome}" $${JRUNHome} "$${ProjectRoot}"
"$${ProjectClassPath}" "$${FileName}" "$${JavaC}" $${DebugFlag}
java compiler=
jsp compiler batch script=
.war archiver=$${Jar} cvf "$${Name}" "$${Files}"
.java compiler=$${JavaC} -classpath "$${ClassPath}" -sourcepath
"$${SourceDir}" -d "$${ClassDir}" $${FileName}
java archiver=

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EXTENSION GROUP3]
file extension0=.fla
number of extensions=1

[HELPER APPLICATIONS PREFERENCES\EDITOR GROUP6]
primary