i experienced the same thing ... been using it for 3 years and this morning it did not work. worked with adobe ALL day -- 6 different techs and multiple customer service techs. not until just now ... they infomed me that they do not provide tech support for 8 anymore ... after all day of people knowing.

yes ..frustrating. sorry no sulution ... just the same exact timing and situation. i think they are forcing the upgrade for $199 .. which due to deadlines and absolutely no anwers ... is the only solution. nancy

they also gave me these links:

1 -- this one

2 -- adobe.com/go/supportportal

might be something online in a google search. good luck!

yep - same. just downloaded the upgrades and tried that ... still crashes. out of time and patience ... so getting closer to the desparate upgrade~ you can do the 30 day free trial of dreamweaver CS4 if you need to do something soon ... and deal with customer service in relaxed time. my tech guy said that the second link .. supportportal ... will get back to you in 4 hours .. just provide as much detailed info as you can ... operating sytem details . every little detail. might work.

try this:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401096.html

I also just got this email from tech support Adobe:

h6. This is from the DW FAQ Page
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/429114

h2. Crashes, installation, JavaScript errors, and unexplained problems
If Dreamweaver is acting erratically, or if you see a message saying "the following JavaScript error(s) occurred",  it's usually a sign of a corrupt cache file. The first thing to try should always be to delete the file cache. If that doesn't work, delete your personal Configuration folder. Full instructions are in /thread/494811.

* /thread/437079
* /thread/494811

* /thread/417116
* /thread/494812

Re: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 - Crashes on opening

This is from the DW FAQ Page

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/429114

Crashes, installation, JavaScript errors, and unexplained problems

If Dreamweaver is acting erratically, or if you see a message saying 

"the following JavaScript error(s) occurred",  it's usually a sign of 

a corrupt cache file. The first thing to try should always be to 

delete the file cache. If that doesn't work, delete your personal 

Configuration folder. Full instructions are in Deleting a corrupted 

cache file.

CS4 installation problems

Deleting a corrupted cache file

Dreamweaver crashes on start up

Locating your personal configuration folder

Nancy O.

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congrats! still no luck here ... but it does go through the update of site cache .. then still crashes. any ideas??

just did this ... but did not realize that removing site definitions meant removing all the style sheets .. so all info is there but no style .. and can't figure out how to GET files ...if that would even work .. not sure. -- IF I just upgrade . will that work?? -- also .. i restored old site definitions .. so even more confused.

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11. Re-create the Dreamweaver Site preferences.

Re-create the Dreamweaver Site preferences file to eliminate problems that a damaged Site preferences file might cause.

Note: Re-creating the Dreamweaver Site preferences file will remove all site definitions.

To re-create the Dreamweaver Site preferences file:

1. Quit Dreamweaver.
2. Do one of the following:
   • If you're using Dreamweaver CS3, rename the Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/9/Sites/Site Prefs file to Site Prefs Old.
   • If you're using Dreamweaver 8, rename the Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Common/8/Sites/Site Prefs file to Site Prefs Old.
3. Start Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver creates a new Site Prefs file.

If the problem continues, then the Dreamweaver Site preferences file isn't the cause. To restore site definitions, quit Dreamweaver, then delete the new Site Prefs file and restore the original name of the previous Site Prefs file.