Some of you may encounter people that have older versions of Dreamweaver. I'm currently running Dreamweaver 8 but am going to be upgrading. If thats not possible for you, then here's a solution for getting Dreamweaver 8 to work on Windows 7.
Dreamweaver 8 installs off of the disk without any issues. However when you start editing pages, you'll notice that it will randomly just close out for no reason. It did the same thing in Windows Vista. The fix for this in Windows Vista was to download and install the 8.0.2 patch located on Adobe's website. Once installed, the problem goes away. The 8.0.2 patch will not install correctly on a Windows 7 system however. You get an error message stating that \"The wizard was interrupted before Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.0.2 Updater could be completely installed\". Even if you use compatibility mode and run as an administrator it will still not install.
The trick is to download the unwrapped installer file from adobe and use the windows installer via the command prompt to install the update. The unwrapped installer can be downloaded from http://kb2.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/kb400150/DW802_unwrapped.zip.
Unzip the installer to a folder that is easily reachable by the command prompt. The file inside is called patchpackage.msp.
Open up a command prompt as an Administrator. (Right click the icon and choose run as Administrator).
Navigate to where the patchpackage.msp is located and type in the following and press enter:
msiexec /update patchpackage.msp
The patch will begin to install. During the install you may be asked for the CD because it will look for the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.msi file.
Once the install is complete 8.0.2 will be installed.
Hope this helps,
CyBrett
can you help please.
I recently purchased a new pc (windows 7) and loaded Dreamweaver 8 but for some reason when i attempt to run the program it will not start - ive gone through the threads on this forum and tried the methods suggested but it still wont work - any ideas please.
thank you.
Hello,
I face similar problem while installing the dreamweaver latest version after asking my friend who was software engineer he guides me to use older version of it and wait till the officially release of the upgraded dreamweaver then i got solve my problem hope it wiil helpful to you..
Some of you may encounter people that have older versions of Dreamweaver. I'm currently running Dreamweaver 8 but am going to be upgrading. If thats not possible for you, then here's a solution for getting Dreamweaver 8 to work on Windows 7.
Dreamweaver 8 installs off of the disk without any issues. However when you start editing pages, you'll notice that it will randomly just close out for no reason. It did the same thing in Windows Vista. The fix for this in Windows Vista was to download and install the 8.0.2 patch located on Adobe's website. Once installed, the problem goes away. The 8.0.2 patch will not install correctly on a Windows 7 system however. You get an error message stating that "The wizard was interrupted before Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.0.2 Updater could be completely installed". Even if you use compatibility mode and run as an administrator it will still not install.
The trick is to download the unwrapped installer file from adobe and use the windows installer via the command prompt to install the update. The unwrapped installer can be downloaded from http://kb2.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/kb400150/DW802_unwrapped.zip.
Unzip the installer to a folder that is easily reachable by the command prompt. The file inside is called patchpackage.msp.
Open up a command prompt as an Administrator. (Right click the icon and choose run as Administrator).
Navigate to where the patchpackage.msp is located and type in the following and press enter:
msiexec /update patchpackage.msp
The patch will begin to install. During the install you may be asked for the CD because it will look for the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.msi file.
Once the install is complete 8.0.2 will be installed.
Hope this helps,
CyBrett
Thanks a ton for the information Cybrett. I don't have windows 7 but I do have Vista 64bit. I am not that experienced in the prompt, but I had saved the patch into my windows/system32 folder and then ran the prompt. It didn't tell me to use the install cd at all and seems to be working beautifully.Cybrett, thanks for such a good article. I have a small questions for you regarding this part here:
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The patch will begin to install. During the install you may be asked for the CD because it will look for the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.msi file.
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I don't have the CD of it as I have the installer on Adobe's website. I will need to download the installer and install it on the system. Now, your step as quoted above requires .msi file, is this still can be achieved using a .exe installer from adobe's website and not using any CD?
I will be upgrading to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, therefore:
- Just to confirm, DW 8 will work on Windows 7 64 bit, won't it?
- Do I need Windows 7 professional version for this DW 8 to work (because of the xp mode) .. or do you think it's totally unnecessary to have that?
Thanks a lot for the help.