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Dreamweaver 8 issues on Windows VistaProducts affected

What's covered
Vista support for Dreamweaver 8

Dreamweaver 8 was released more than a year before Windows Vista became publicly available and does not officially support this new operating system. However, Dreamweaver 8 runs fine for the majority of users running Windows Vista. Dreamweaver CS3 is avaliable and fully supports Windows Vista. Please refer to How Adobe Products Support Vista for more information on Adobe product support for Vista,

Known support issues on Vista

While Dreamweaver 8 works well for most users on Vista, some users have reported problems.

Vista specific issues with Dreamweaver 8:

  • Dreamweaver 8 crashes on some Vista systems while browsing for files (TechNote kb400788)
  • Vista help system stops working when Dreamweaver is the default XML editor (TechNote kb400789)
  • Control-Alt-Tab keyboard shortcut change in Windows Vista (TechNote 8718ad77)

Common support issues that also affect Vista with Dreamweaver 8:

  • Troubleshooting Dreamweaver for Windows (TechNote tn_15481)
  • Dreamweaver 8 does not launch (TechNote fb181c10)
  • Can't install Dreamweaver 8 updaters for Windows after canceling updater installer (TechNote 785362aa)

Doc ID
(kb400787)

Last updated
2007-12-11

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