{"id":117,"date":"2010-03-28T14:33:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/signaturewebmedia.com\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2010-03-28T14:33:23","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T19:33:23","slug":"dreamweaver-cs3-hangs-on-initializing-extension-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/signaturewebmedia.com\/blog\/117\/dreamweaver-cs3-hangs-on-initializing-extension-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamweaver CS3: Hangs on &#8220;Initializing Extension data&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/getfreeipad.us\/info\/offer1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"http:\/\/getfreeipad.us\/images\/ipad-tester-wanted.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p><p>The symptom just started. The dreamweaver CS3 hangs on &#8220;Initializing Extension data&#8221; when I start the program.<\/p>\n<p>Rebooting did not help.<\/p>\n<p>But http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/kb401118 did help me.<\/p>\n<h2>How to re-create the Dreamweaver user configuration folder (CS3 on Windows XP, Vista)<\/h2>\n<p><!--$Id: ion.comment_badge.cps.commentlink.ssi,v 1.8 2009\/08\/18 08:58:05 mok Exp $ --> <!--googleoff: all--><\/p>\n<div id=\"comment-output\"><noscript>&amp;lt;span style=&#8221;color:#990000;font-style:italic;&#8221; mce_style=&#8221;color:#990000;font-style:italic;&#8221;&amp;gt;To view\/add comments, you must enable JavaScript in your browser.&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;<\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/community.adobe.com\/help\/badge\/ionBadge.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\tionReadyLoad(function(){\n\n\t\tvar patrn = (\/(.*)-(.*)\/);\n\t\tif(patrn.test(ion_locale)) {\n\t\t\tion_locale = ion_locale.gsub(\/(.*)-(.*)\/,function(match){\n\t\t\t\treturn match[1] + \"_\" + match[2].toUpperCase();\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t}\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\tvar badge = new ionBadge();\n\t\tbadge.url = window.location.toString().replace(\/\\?(.*)\/,\"\");\n\t\tbadge.locale = ion_locale;\n\t\tbadge.container = document.getElementById(\"comCount\");\n\t\tbadge.anchor = document.getElementById(\"comment-output\");\n\t\tbadge.siteArea = (document.location.href.indexOf(\"kb2\") > 0) ? \"support\" : \"internal\";\n\t\tif(!ion_product_list.empty()){\n\t\t\tbadge.productLabel = ion_product_list.strip().split(\" \");\n\t\t\tbadge.productLabel = badge.productLabel.without(\"creativesuite_product_adobelr\",\"photoshopextended_product_adobelr\");\n\t\t}\n\t\tion_product_list\n\t\tbadge.commenting = ion_commenting;\n\t\tbadge.rating = ion_rating;\n\t\tbadge.ratingType = \"thumbs\";\n\t\tbadge.timeOutDelay = 30000;\n\t\tbadge.load();\n\t});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--googleon: all-->If Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 starts displaying errors, crashing, or behaving unpredictably, it is possible that the Dreamweaver user configuration folder is corrupted. The configuration folder stores individual user&#8217;s customizations, such as snippets, menu options, extensions, spelling dictionaries, etc. To test for a corrupt user configuration folder, try the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note:<\/em><\/strong> This procedure requires you to locate hidden files, hidden folders and extensions for known file types. By default, Windows Explorer doesn&#8217;t show hidden files, hidden folders, and file name extensions that it recognizes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To show hidden files, hidden folders, and extensions for known file types:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In Windows Explorer, do one of the following:\n<ul>\n<li>In Windows XP, choose Tools &gt; Folder Options.<\/li>\n<li>In Windows Vista, choose Organize &gt; Folder and Search Options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the View tab in the Folder Options dialog box.<\/li>\n<li>In Advanced Settings, select Show Hidden Files And Folders.<\/li>\n<li>Deselect Hide Extensions For Known File Types.<\/li>\n<li>Click OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/em> Re-creating the Dreamweaver Configuration folder restores Dreamweaver settings to their defaults.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To re-create the Dreamweaver user&#8217;s Configuration folder on Windows XP:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Quit Dreamweaver.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Start &gt; My Computer.<\/li>\n<li>Rename Documents and Settings\\<em>[username]<\/em>\\Application Data\\Adobe\\Dreamweaver 9\\Configuration to Configuration Old.<\/li>\n<li>Start Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver creates a new Configuration folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>To re-create the Dreamweaver user&#8217;s Configuration folder on Windows Vista:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Quit Dreamweaver.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Start &gt; Computer.<\/li>\n<li>Rename Users\\<em>[username]<\/em>\\AppData\\Roaming\\Adobe\\Dreamweaver 9\\Configuration to Configuration Old.<\/li>\n<li>Start Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver creates a new Configuration folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The symptom just started. The dreamweaver CS3 hangs on &#8220;Initializing Extension data&#8221; when I start the program.<br \/>\nRebooting did not help.<br \/>\nBut http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/kb401118 did help me.<br \/>\nHow to re-create the Dreamweaver user configuration folder (CS3 on Windows XP, Vista)<\/p>\n<p>&amp;lt;span style=&#8221;color:#990000;font-style:italic;&#8221; mce_style=&#8221;color:#990000;font-style:italic;&#8221;&amp;gt;To view\/add comments, you must enable JavaScript in your browser.&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;<\/p>\n<p>If Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 starts displaying errors, crashing, or behaving unpredictably, it is possible that the Dreamweaver user configuration folder is corrupted. The configuration folder stores individual user&#8217;s customizations, such as snippets, menu options, extensions, spelling dictionaries, etc. To test for a corrupt user configuration folder, try the following:<\/p>\n<p>Note: This procedure requires you to locate hidden files, hidden folders and extensions for known file types. By default, Windows Explorer doesn&#8217;t show hidden files, hidden folders, and file name extensions that it recognizes.<br \/>\nTo show hidden files, hidden folders, and extensions for known file types:<\/p>\n<p>In Windows Explorer, do one of the following:<\/p>\n<p>In Windows XP, choose Tools &gt; Folder Options.<br \/>\nIn Windows Vista, choose Organize &gt; Folder and Search Options.<\/p>\n<p>Click the View tab in the Folder Options dialog box.<br \/>\nIn Advanced Settings, select Show Hidden Files And Folders.<br \/>\nDeselect Hide Extensions For Known File Types.<br \/>\nClick OK.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Re-creating the Dreamweaver Configuration folder restores Dreamweaver settings to their defaults.<br \/>\nTo re-create the Dreamweaver user&#8217;s Configuration folder on Windows XP:<\/p>\n<p>Quit Dreamweaver.<br \/>\nGo to Start &gt; My Computer.<br \/>\nRename Documents and Settings\\[username]\\Application Data\\Adobe\\Dreamweaver 9\\Configuration to Configuration Old.<br \/>\nStart Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver creates a new Configuration folder.<\/p>\n<p>To re-create the Dreamweaver user&#8217;s Configuration folder on Windows Vista:<\/p>\n<p>Quit Dreamweaver.<br \/>\nGo to Start &gt; Computer.<br \/>\nRename Users\\[username]\\AppData\\Roaming\\Adobe\\Dreamweaver 9\\Configuration to Configuration Old.<br \/>\nStart Dreamweaver. 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