Problem With Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Solved!

by DigitalDoyle on April 5, 2009

Just a quick post to let you know about a fix to a problem that has been dogging me for the past couple of weeks with the normally rock solid Dreamweaver CS3. I’m on the PC side, so Mac folks, this may not apply to you.

I’m doing some WordPress development right now using the excellent Thesis framework and my workflow is streamlined by using a combination of Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Photoshop in conjunction with the WordPress Dashboard and the cool Dashboard panels that Thesis makes available.

Lately, however, Dreamweaver has taken to inexplicably locking up; freezing the interface and showing ‘Not Responding’ when I continue to try to interact with it. This has just been happening recently, like within the past 3 weeks or so. Before then, Dreamweaver never gave me any problems.

I did some poking around and evidently there’s a situation when you’re editing PHP or ASP files in Code view where Dreamweaver will lock up. But this only happens just after the time change to DST ends. Evidently it’s also when  it starts. The Adobe KB Technote is kb402776.

The solution is to shut down Dreamweaver, if it’s running, find the file: WinFileCache-AD76BB20.dat, (which is corrupted somehow during the time change, of all things), and delete it. The file will usually be found in: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application\Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration for Win XP, or C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration for Vista.

Restart Dreamweaver and it will automatically recreate a fresh version of that file for you. I did that and Dreamweaver went back to being rock solid again.

Another vexing problem tracked down and subjugated! Now back to work!

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Another Quick Test After WP File Restoration

by DigitalDoyle on March 15, 2009

This is a test.

This is only a test.

Had this been an actual post it would’ve been much more interesting than this.

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Testing Sunday Morning Esosoft Fix

Testing…
Testing to see if the stripping of the < and > tags when published through Windows Live Writer has been fixed.
Whoo Hoooo!!! Live Writer is working again!
Robert at Esosoft is the best! Thanks Robert!
For those of you who use Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer to create your WP blog posts, if you find that your posts [...]

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Cha Cha Cha Changes…

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
I’ll be making changes to the site as I learn more about the Thesis framework in preparation for some upcoming WordPress development.
So if you’ve wandered in here and things are a mess, please pardon the construction dust. I’ll have everything back up and running shortly.

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Let the iPhone Nation Access Your WP Blog

Just a quick post to let you know about a handy WordPress plugin that will quickly and easily make your blog posts accessible to iPhone users.

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Happy 25th Birthday, Macintosh!

There’s nothing like a birthday to make you reflect and realize just how quickly time passes. Twenty five years… In the blink of an eye.
On January 24, 1984 Apple Computer released the very first Macintosh. I didn’t hear about it until I received the very first issue of Macworld magazine in March, I think it [...]

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