Dreamweaver 8.0.2 update in Vista 64bit
Monday, April 2nd, 2007I 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.
