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I'm running the OEM version of Windows 7 and in order to get Homesite to work (the good news being that I DID get it to work) I had to run it as administrator and in the XP SP2 compatibility mode. That got it running.

My next hurdle was that it would not connect to any of my mapped network drives. To conquer that I had to turn off the User Account Control 'feature'. Runs fine now, and Windows 7 is lightyears ahead of Vista. All's right in the world now.

Tom

As above

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit OEM.

I had to go to Microsofts site and download the two files for XP Virtual machine mode.

Then run that and Homesite works in the Virtual machine mode.

I started programming back in the days of machine code, switched to Assembly when it became popular, but never made the switch to C or its derivatives. I considered that "CODE BLOAT" for lazy programmers. And as slow as a load of bricks compared to clean machine code or Assembler.

When the Web happened I used a text editor, and eventually easily switched to Sausage Hot Dog when it hit the scene - sort of like Basic. When Homesite arrived I switched to it for its resemblance to Hot Dog plus its several extras that Hot Dog lacked. When Allair sold out I could see the end coming - buy your competitors and kill them. I was never able to make the transition to WYSIWYG - it just wouldn't do what I wanted it to do, the way I wanted to do it. I like software which works for me, not the other way around.

I did a number of sites, both personal and business, until the advent of VISTA, then gave up and retired. A couple days ago I heard that someone was running Homesite 5.5 in a virtual window under Win 7 so I figured it was worth a try. Search as I could, I never found my HS 5.5 disks but I did run across the 4.0 and 4.5 and installed 4.0 - version 4.5 was an upgrade. So, after a restart version 4.0 came up (with a minor error warning of no real consequence}. No software or hardware virtualization necessary and it seems to operate normally. Who knows, I may start up my site again.

Specs: Dell Inspiron, CPU E-4500, 3 Gb DDR2, Win 7 Pro, Office 10 Beta, Allaire Homesite 4.0..

The only peculiarity I've noticed in running HS4.0 under Win 7 Pro is that when I access my browser (Chrome or Firefox) to set a Avatar, the browser window closes - with no error message. Strange, but not really a problem,

I' going to try to uninstall HS 4.0 and then reinstall it in my Sun Virtual Machine which I can set up as either XP or Dos/Win 3.x/ While I don't have any need to do any more commercial sites, I'd still like to do some experimenting. I might even reestablish my older personal site for which I still have all the files archived.

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It might be interesting to go to Sun anddownload their (free) Virtual Box and try HS in a virtual machine as I am when I get a chance..

Thanks for all the great advice above. I've been able to get HomeSite up and running on Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit version), but I can't seem to apply the work-around for the "class not registered" error when opening and creating projects. The instructions at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/182/tn_18265.html worked before when I ran HomeSite on Windows XP, but not on Windows 7.

I am running cmd.exe as an administrator, and I'm able to navigate to the correct directory. When I enter the first regsvr32 command it works, but when I try to enter “regsvr32 wddx_com.dll” I get this error:

The Module “wddx_com.dll” was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with the code 0x80070002.

Any ideas? I'm so close I can taste it. Everything else in the program seems to work fine so far. It would be a shame not to be able to create and open existing projects, though.

I've tried a few other programs so far--Coffee Cup, Komodo Edit, etc. I guess I've just grown used to HomeSite over the years, but the others all seem to have too many or not the right features. I'll give WWE3 a try, though. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thanks for the info...I have already switched to Microsoft Web

Expressions 3.

It seems to be pretty intuitive so far...and it is a nice WYSIWYG

program. I tried

on my 64 bit Windows 7...I understand that the 32 bit version is more "older

software" forgiving!

Sharon

Intengu, thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately this didn't work on the 64-bit version of Windows 7. I was able to create the renamed folder and edit the registry entries, but when I remove the old Common Files\Macromedia folder with the extra space, leaving only the one without the space, HomeSite crashes on startup.

I have all the program's functionality except the ability to create and use projects, which is better than nothing, I guess. Still if anyone else reads this and has suggestions for 64-bit Win 7 users, I'd love to hear them.

I don't have the Ultimate version of 7...so I can't run XP. I gave up and

switched to Microsoft Web Expressions 3...I have never found it worthwhile

to hang on to a program when the company stops keeping it updated...

too much potential for vulnerability to web attacks.

Maybe Adobe would release it to public domain so others can being to

update it.

Sharon

Thanks for the suggestion, intengu. I tried leaving both the Macromedia_ and Macromedia folders within Common Files. I also run HomeSite as administrator, but even with all registry entries changed to Common Files\Macromedia (without the space). Now the program runs, but I still get the "class not registered" error every time I try to do anything with projects.

No joy...I had it on a Windoze 7 64 bit...gave up...starting to like

Microsoft Web

Expressions 3 (I guess it is 4 now)...it is a WYSISYG program. I cannot

waste time

trying to make something old I like work on a system that isn't going to

let it

work...I think Macromedia and now Adobe are raiders for buying Cold

Fusion and

dumping Homesite.

Sharon

I'll check it out...it would be nice not to have to keep learning new

programs every

time they fix enough bugs in Windows 98 (now called Windows 7) to charge

us for

an upgrade. Replacing hardware is getting annoying, too.

Sharon

OK, if any of you here have totally given up on Homesite, how about selling me your copy of the software?

I've sorted through all my archives and while I found the manual, for the life of me I cannot find the original Homesite application CD, only an upgrade CD.

I've already purchased MS Expression Web so I have a backup, but it is soooo different from Homesite I'd really rather avoid that learning curve if I can get a copy of Homesite to run on my Windows 7 64bit system.

Please contact me at hutch@webpositions.net if you can help.

Thanks!

-Hutch-

I tried to install Homesite 3.0 from CD.  Windows 7 did not want to know, referring to setup on a temp file which it refused to overwrite.  Eventully after much messing about, I put the CD in a PC running XP, unzipped the Homesite exe file to a folder on a usb pen drive.  Repeated that to individual folders for Homesite 4.0 and the upgrade to 4.5.  Installed Homesite 3.0, whuch installed easily then Homesite 4.0 which did not appear to work, so installed the upgrade to it, which installed and worked.  I now have Homesite 4.5 running on Windows 7, just as I had in XP.

HTH

Thanks for the step by step WmSchwartz worked perfectly.

This probably isn't feasible, but I would LOVE to see Bob Margolin do one of

the spots. If FMY knows his background I could see them doing a feature

piece on him as well as a solo performance. That would be killer.

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:16 AM, delossbrown@prodigy.net

See responses # 2 and  #24  (by -Wm Schwartz) they explain the process - and you will have to install and run as administrator!

Deb

I have a new laptop running Windows 7 32 & 64 bit.  I am trying to use HomeSite, but without success.  I'm not a web site guru, just work on my own site.  Could use some guidance getting HS to work.  None of the toolbars/quick bar work. Do I have a bad install?

Help!

I have tried all of the workarounds discussed above and elsewhere to no avail... I just can't get Homesite 5 to work under Windows 7. Really a shame that Adobe chose to abandon this fine product as I definitely feel there is a place for both Dreamweaver and Homesite editors.

When you want a quick little change, using Dreamweaver, Expression Web, or most other such tools is like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly. More complex is not always the best answer, gang.

While I own *both* of those high end tools (and not really happy with either of them), I find myself most often resorting to the Coffee Cup HTML editor as it has the closest look and feel to Homesite. Certain differences will make you swear at it and wonder WHY did they do it that way, but you deal with it since it works in Win 7.

Funny. After all this time, I'd still go back to XP and all its foibles any day of the week so as to avoid the constant hassles and apparent change-for-the-sake-of-change I see in Win 7 applications.

One thing is for certain... you will NOT pick up any version of Dreamweaver and immediately become proficient with it. There is a huge learning curve (sorry, Adobe) associated with it. Granted, once you learn it you will have the industry leading web development tool at your back, but it doesn't come quick or easy.

If you really want something very similar to Homesite that you are already familiar with, check out Coffee Cup HTML Editor at http://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/. There is even a free version you can download.

It is not as good as Homesite was and not even in the same league as Dreamweaver but it may suit your immediate needs for a Win 7 compatible tool.

I just bought a new Windows 7 machine, found my old Homesite 5.0 exe file and installed the program without any hitches what so ever?? The program runs just like it always did on my old XP machine.

I have used Dreamweaver like for some quick an dirty stuff but it is heavy on the dirty and really tries to make way too

many assumptions - alas it is not homesite. I have found that the editor for CSE Validator is good and use it on other

computers where I do not have Homesite running.

It also looks like Bluefish may be good - anyone using that?

bluefish dot openoffice dot nl

in case this link does not work:

bluefish.openoffice.nl

Perhaps part of my problem in getting Homesite to work in Windows 7 is that I am trying to install a 5.0 update over 4.5 (I think). Maybe that is what is causing it to fail, even under Run as Administrator or Compatibility Mode.

Does anyone have an original Homesite 5.x installation CD they would be willing to part with so I could give this one last attempt? I'd be happy to pay for it.

Thanks in advance.

John Hutchinson

hutch@webpositions.net

Web Positions Internet Services

Wow, I'm amazed that my fellow Homesite users are having problems and would have replied to this thread a long time ago if I'd known.

I had absolutely no problem putting Homesite 5.5+ on my Windows 7 64 bit system when I bought it last October. It just installed without incident.

BUT: Although I've been using Homesite for many years, I used possibly the last version available(???) on a CD of Studio MX my partner had bought to use Dreamweaver. I'm wondering if that makes a difference?

I'm more than happy to look at the exact versions involved, but please be assured that 5.5+ can run perfectly well on Windows 7. Don't know what I'd have done if it hadn't!

I'm not in the habit of frequenting these forums, so if you reply and I don't answer, try me at baxtertim at hotmail.com.