Credits

1. Mike Padgett for his lifesaving article that saved me hours of googling.
2. David Powers for the original solution!!!

Scenario

dreamweaver suddenly crashes while you are editing a file… may be a html file or css file. no biggie, but relaunching the program doesn’t work. neither does restarting your computer work. O NOES!!! do you have to uninstall dreamweaver again??? (even if you do, it doesn’t work either???) what’s going on? why do The Powers That Be bestow this upon you while you are rushing a deadline!?!?

Solution

apparently, dreamweaver crashes when you save a file to exactly 8,192 bytes or a multiple of it. seriously? why not let’s try.

step1

try to remember the last file you worked on, or if you can’t remember, at least you remember the site you were working on? check the files, if theres anything that’s 8bytes, open it in Properties. does the exact bytesize come up to 8,192 bytes? yes?

you are in luck! this may solve your problem!

step2

open that evil file in notepad or some other text editor. now add the filesize by adding some extra spaces or something.

step3

save the file.
check its Properties again; the filesize should NOT be 8,192bytes, nor a multiple of that evil number.

step4

try to launch dreamweaver. it should launch!!! now all is good!!!!!!!! your life is saved!!!! deadlines can be met!!!!! the pounding in your heart is slowing!!!!

now go and finish your coding!