A few days ago Dreamweaver CS3 stopped allowing me the ability to undo things whether I was in code view or design view. I thought maybe restarting DWCS3 would fix it, but to no avail. I did some googling and found a post where people were saying you needed to delete the FileCache.dat file in the Macromedia application data folder for the user having the issue. This information did not hold so true for DW CS3, but it did lead me down the correct path.
My solution was to close DW and navigate to:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
In there I found a file named: WinFileCache-AD76BB20.dat Your WinfileCache file might be named slightly different, but it's the only .dat file in that directory. Rename that file or delete it (I always err on the side of caution) and restart Dreamweaver.
That did it for mine! Thanks. You may want to mention that Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has the path mentioned by you above blocked on some configurations - at least in my Vista.
ReplyDeleteThe path that worked for me:
C:\Users\-MyName-\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration\
Thanks for the Vista tip Datta. I was working in XP when I ran into the issue, but your path looks spot on for vista users.
ReplyDeleteOOOHHHHHHHH darn it worked! thanks a million mate!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great info!!! Worked like a charm!
ReplyDeletedidn't work. i'll try restarting the machine.
ReplyDeletegot it. had to restart the whole shabang. thanks much.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jarrett, this is also good for CS4 but the Vista path is as Datta's using DreamweaverCS4\en_US\Configutation\
ReplyDeleteI just ran into a similar problem with CS3 on Vista. Same solution worked. I guess clearing out the WinFilexxx.dat file might be some kind of cure-all for problems with DW.
ReplyDeleteSame problem on Vista/32 after the latest Windows updates were applied. Your fix WORKED!
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius. Thanks!
THIS BLOG SAVED MY LIFE ;) (well actually saved me hours of frustration.... )
ReplyDeleteI'm using cs4 in vista and it worked.
thanks for the info guys!
Awesome, worked for me too. It was driving me crazy.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this. Your instructions were very succinct! It only took a moment to do and worked first time. :)
ReplyDeleteI thought, I would have to reinstall the software, Thanks ... it worked...
ReplyDeleteGreat. Thank you very much for saving my time needed for reinstalltion
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks for this! It working fine for me now. :D
ReplyDeleteWonderful, It worked .. Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteDidn't help me at all. I am using windows 7. I have restarted several times and the undo still didn't come back.. HELP!
ReplyDeleteThis page finally fixed the problem for me "http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/550/dd550772.html"
ReplyDeletewow.. THANK YOU!!!!!!!! worked perfect. This was a very irritating issue!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! This has been driving me crazy.
ReplyDeleteThanks a million Worked like a charm
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI never realized how much I used Undo until I couldn't use it. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI haven't used DW in a while because of the browser compatibility issues but I need to use it for a current project. I'll keep this tip in mind. Thanks.
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