CyBrett
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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
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
