Dreamweaver 8 crashes or shuts down on windows 7

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Posted by nick | Posted in Development | Posted on Jan 12 2010

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I installed Dreamweaver 8 for its awesome code searching ability and every time I’d navigate to a file the program would shut down.  The problem is a conflict between Microsoft Groove and Dreamweaver 8.  You’ll have to uninstall one of them. To uninstall Groove, follow these instructions http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907504

“Dreamweaver 8 may crash when it performs file browsing actions on Microsoft Windows Vista. Some examples include:

  • Using File > Open to browse the hard drive to open a file.
  • Inserting an image and using the file browser to select the image.
  • Creating a hyperlink and using the file browser to select the target file.
  • Creating a site definition and using the file browser to select the local root folder or remote folder.

Additional reported behavior includes:

  • Crash occurs when a file browsing dialog appears.
  • Crash occurs when browsing two or more folders away.
  • Crash occurs after inserting four images.
  • Crash occurs when you leave the file browsing dialog box open for a period of time. “
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