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Dreamweaver 8.0.2 update in Vista 64bit

I don’t have a Vista horror story, everything has worked remarkably smoothly. That’s not to say there haven’t been any glitches, just that my overall experience has been very positive.

One minor problem that I’ve had is with Dreamweaver — the 8.0.2 update didn’t install. It turns out this problem is only with 64bit version of Vista, and is actually a problem with the InstallShield wrapper around the update file. Fortunately the fix is simple enough — even though it is fairly difficult to locate!

Adobe outlines the problem here, and provides the update file without the wrapper.

That’s not the end of the story, though. Unless you run the file with administrator privilege, you will get an error as soon as you run it. It’s a little difficult to run it with administrator privileges, though, because it’s an .msp file and “Run as Administrator” doesn’t appear in its right-click menu or properties dialog. To get around this, you need to open a PowerShell or command shell with administrator privileges, and then run the file from there.

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3 Responses to “Dreamweaver 8.0.2 update in Vista 64bit”

  1. Marko Says:
    April 6th, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    David, does DW8 remember passwords for FTP connections after the 8.02 update ? I suppose You do have IE7 installed ? I returned to version 6.x and it kind of solved that problem for me since I am not using IE that much.

    What about apache2triad on Vista ? Have You found a way to install it or are you using some alternative and which one ?

  2. david Says:
    April 6th, 2007 at 8:13 pm

    Hi Marko. The 8.02 update seemed to have completely fixed the FTP password problem, I haven’t had a single problem since installing it.

    I haven’t had any trouble with the main Apache2Triad at all. I do get a few errors with the Apache2Triad manager, but not any of the server software. I’m using version 1.4.4.

  3. Marko Says:
    April 7th, 2007 at 11:05 am

    I’ll try applying 8.02 to a fresh installation of DW8 on Vista.

    I was using apache2triad 1.5.4 on XP and on Vista installation fails at one point (during mysql password set). Now I am playing with Web-Developer Server Suite v1.95 and it looks good for now. Thanks.