Important Update: I’ve recently seen a report that this bug can affect the selection of folders using the Find in menu of the Search and Replace dialog. Obviously searching and replacing in the wrong folder can have very dire consequences. So, if you choose to use the Find in Folder… option in Dreamweaver for Windows, be very careful to insure that the correct folder is selected.
And, of course, it’s always a good idea to back up your site before you do extensive search and replace operations across multiple files.
The issue: While defining a site using the Windows version of Dreamweaver, when the users tries to set the local root folder by browsing into and selecting it, the local root folder is set one directory higher than the one he’s chosen.
The (very unsatisfactory) solution: Type in the directory name manually OR select a directory inside the one you actually want to set as the root folder.
More info: I’ve experienced this issue but wasn’t able to get any concrete information until now. Now thanks to a response from David Powers to my post on the Adobe forums we at least know it’s a “known issue.” Here’s David’s response:
…when I reported it as a bug to Adobe, an engineer […] said the problem had already been identified internally by Adobe on Windows 7. I was originally alerted to the problem by Al Sparber, who told me it happened after the Service Pack 2 “upgrade” to Vista. I didn’t have SP2 installed, so I tested my version of CS4 (on 32 bit Vista). There was no problem selecting the local root folder. I then installed SP2, and immediately tested it again: the root folder was not selected.
It affects all versions of Dreamweaver, not just CS4. Adobe’s comment was that SP2 has obviously brought Vista in line with Windows 7. I have no idea if or when a fix will be made available. It’s certainly annoying, but it doesn’t prevent the program from working; and I don’t create new sites every day, so it’s something I can live with.
Added Info: A report that this bug also affect linking to external CSS (and I assume JavaScript) files: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2197998#2197998
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does anyone know if there’s been a fix for this yet? it’s really annoying
No fix and I wouldn’t expect anything until CS5 comes out given Adobe’s track record.
Grr. We just moved to Windows 7 and are seeing this both in the site setup and also when setting the path for a text link from the design view.
i’ve been working with the trial version of dw and i have the same problem on my new laptop with win7. i thought it was just me, but does manually typing in the path really fix it?
Yes, manually setting the path really works but you have to be careful because you can run into a similar problem while choosing a folder for other tasks (as some have pointed out here). So be careful whenever you select a folder.
I have the same problem. A very annoying bug. Come on Adobe. Get with the program. You spend $2000 for software and they have the audacity to release this to the market. They keep this up, I’ll switch to Konquerer.
Garrrrrrrgh! I wish they would fix this bug as it has been plaguing since January when I started using Windows 7 public beta, and then with Vista SP2. Is it just me or has Dreamweaver suffered at least a little bit since Adobe took over? When Macromedia ran the shower it wasn’t as pretty an application but Dreamweaver 8 has 2 point releases up to 8.0.2 to fix bugs, Adobe just doesn’t seem to have the same commitment to fixing bugs or at least on a regular basis….
I think the product has improved since Adobe took over BUT I’d have to agree that they aren’t very good about fixing known bugs.
The product has certainly improved since Adobe took over, but one could argue that the same (and possibly greater) improvements might still have been made under Macromedia. Product improvement over time is natural. Or at least it should be (insert Microsoft as exception to rule)
This is an incredibly annoying bug which is so bloody simple in its context that it amazes me it’s there at all.
It might not prevent the program from working – but it holds up workflow across working with multiple sites and it also creates problems when finding and replacing – so a fix is a must.
Good Grief and Thanks. I have spent an hour on this same problem. Thought it was just me (operator error).
It actually is a bigger deal than you think. I work with a ton of photos (mainly for photo galleries and the like) and my work flow usually involves me creating arrays of the same photo and then double-clicking on a “placeholder” photo to choose a different one. It’s a lot easier for me to do this than drag n drop or choose an image file.
Anyway, that doesn’t work either. If you click around inside the image select dialog box, it will eventually choose the photo you want… but wow, I am almost certainly switching to a different web-authoring program because of this.
I know it is not dreamweaver’s fault, but I don’t really have a choice to change down from Windows 7 at the moment.
Just want to note that I am experiencing this issue as well. At least now I know it’s a Windows issue and not a random setting in DW/Adobe I forgot to check.
I create new sites on a regular basis so this bug is quite annoying!
FWIW, I encountered this on Vista SP1 as well as now on SP2 (using DW CS4).
Thankyou, have been looking for a fix for this all evening.
I can confirm this workaround does work !
Hi I am a web designer and I just got windows 7 in my desktop and the exactly same issue happens. Hope this thing will be solved asap although this is not really a big deal.