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Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

New Here ,
Feb 09, 2012 Feb 09, 2012

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I am trying to copy/paste in Dreamweaver, and the paste function is no longer working.  It used to work and then suddenly just stopped; I don't know if I did something to inactivate it or what happened.

I read that taking off "enable related files" but that didn't work either.

Can anyone help?
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New Here , Mar 07, 2012 Mar 07, 2012

I stated experiencing the same thing today with Dreamweaver CS4 on a Win7 Prof OS machine. I moved my Dreamweaver configuration folder from C:\Users\UserProfile\AppData\Roaming\Adobe out of that directory, reopened Dreamweaver so the config file basically recreated itself, and paste function now works. 

Granted, I didn't have a bunch of configs/personalizations to Dreamweaver but you can always copy back over pieces of the original configuration folder that you moved until the paste function bre

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Community Expert ,
Feb 09, 2012 Feb 09, 2012

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What OS?
What happens when you try to paste?

Is it just the shortcut or the edit->paste as well?

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New Here ,
Feb 09, 2012 Feb 09, 2012

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MacBook pro, and it doesn't do anything; it happens when I do the shortcut "command v" or edit paste!

Sent from my iPad

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Feb 09, 2012 Feb 09, 2012

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Shut down DW and any other apps.  Re-start your computer. Try again.... 

From which app(s) and what exactly are you trying to copy & paste into HTML?

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Feb 09, 2012 Feb 09, 2012

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Right in dream weaver, like copying content from another page, or copying code...

Sent from my iPad

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New Here ,
Feb 11, 2012 Feb 11, 2012

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For Nancy O.

I have added to this issue with more information regarding pasting not working anymore in DW. Any other solutions than restarting/shut down? Its not changing the situation. Removing prefernces and restarting, no change. It seems that the clipboard is not accessible in the document window unless paste sepcial is being used.

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New Here ,
Feb 11, 2012 Feb 11, 2012

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I am having the same problem in DW CS5/OSX 10.6.8. Started today, worked fine yesterday. Only change to system: There was an automatic firefox update that installed. I have run without firefox installed and going back 1 and 2 versions with no change.

Copy and paste still works in the properties panel. In the document pane in both design and code, paste(short cut, edit or contextual menu) do not work but the highlight and drag (move and option drag to copy) method still does but must be within the same document.

I can paste this info outside of DW, and when paste special is available in the contextual menu it works. this is not available in code view.

Have restarted and even full shut down MANY times. I have trashed all the preferences I could find that have been modified since yesterday. (and no I don't have time machine set up to go backwards)

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New Here ,
Feb 12, 2012 Feb 12, 2012

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Any suggetions/solutions so far???

This is so frustrating, I cannot use the paste function in ANY capacity!!!

Carla Scholz

Accent Graphix Design Studio

carla@accent-graphix.com

(608) 712-5302

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012

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Same problem here. Windows 7, DW CS5.5.

Keyboard shortcuts for copy/cut/paste function sporadically. I thought I was going crazy, but even pressing ctrl-x then pressing ctrl-v immediately afterwards results in nothing being pasted.

When paste does work, it trims all leading whitespace. If I copy a block of text, all spaces/line breaks that were before the first letter or number are not retained when I paste.

I'm used to DW being slow and buggy, but this might be the nail in the coffin. Custom keyboard shortcuts sometimes work, sometimes don't, but not being able to florking paste is a deal-breaker.

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012

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BlowPurp,

I'm trying to not do a system install, but am wondering if it may have to do with something from the security upgrades on firefox. That was the only change to my system when it stopped working and I had elayed doing it for a few days, hence the timelime with the original poster. I also thought it may be a mac issue, but the original poster did not inlude their platform. Now I know its not a mac thing (adobe has dropped the ball with making the software work completely for the newer OSX).

The white space issue may be one of the quirky things that it DW does. It doesn't allow multiple spaces, but I don't get the line breaks. Is this DW to DW copying or from outside DW?

I guess we have to help ourselves.

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012

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>The white space issue may be one of the quirky things that it DW does.

I never experienced this issue before this pasting problem occured.

>Is this DW to DW copying or from outside DW?

Copying from DW to anywhere else.

I am also running the latest Firefox (10.0.0.2)

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012

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I called Adobe; they walked me through some steps that completely fixed the

function.

From: Amelia Rychlak <forums@adobe.com>

Reply-To: <jive-48267156-vzlm-2-2ilug@mail.forums.adobe.com>

Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:03:28 -0700

To: Carla Scholz <carla@accent-graphix.com>

Subject: Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

Re: Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

created by Amelia Rychlak <http://forums.adobe.com/people/Amelia+Rychlak>

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BlowPurp, I'm trying to not do a system install, but am wondering if it may

have to do with something from the security upgrades on firefox. That was

the only change to my system when it stopped working and I had elayed doing

it for a few days, hence the timelime with the original poster. I also

thought it may be a mac issue, but the original poster did not inlude their

platform. Now I know its not a mac thing (adobe has dropped the ball with

making the software work completely for the newer OSX). The white space

issue may be one of the quirky things that it DW does. It doesn't allow

multiple spaces, but I don't get the line breaks. Is this DW to DW copying

or from outside DW? I guess we have to help ourselves.

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New Here ,
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Cool, care to share those steps here please?

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012

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I can't; there were multitudinous steps, all of which I didn't make note of;

they walked me through it the whole thing.

You should call them directly and they can do the same for you!

From: BlowPurp <forums@adobe.com>

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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:28:50 -0700

To: Carla Scholz <carla@accent-graphix.com>

Subject: Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

Re: Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

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Cool, care to share those steps here please?

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New Here ,
Feb 24, 2012 Feb 24, 2012

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Can you give a summary? Did it just involve Dreamweaver? Did you reset your preferences?

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New Here ,
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No, it was very involved and they reset something on their end. If it was

just resetting preferences I would have indicated that.

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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:53:06 -0700

To: Carla Scholz <carla@accent-graphix.com>

Subject: Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

Re: Paste function NOT working in Dreamweaver CS5.5

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Can you give a summary? Did it just involve Dreamweaver? Did you reset your

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Mar 07, 2012 Mar 07, 2012

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I stated experiencing the same thing today with Dreamweaver CS4 on a Win7 Prof OS machine. I moved my Dreamweaver configuration folder from C:\Users\UserProfile\AppData\Roaming\Adobe out of that directory, reopened Dreamweaver so the config file basically recreated itself, and paste function now works. 

Granted, I didn't have a bunch of configs/personalizations to Dreamweaver but you can always copy back over pieces of the original configuration folder that you moved until the paste function breaks again.

MODERATOR NOTE: This document describes how to re-create your user Configuration folder, including the folder paths for Windows & Mac OS and multiple versions of Dreamweaver: http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver-cs4-cs5.html

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Mar 07, 2012 Mar 07, 2012

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That sounds like what Adobe had me do when I called in for support!

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Mar 07, 2012 Mar 07, 2012

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Can someone please help to equate where the config files are in OSX 10.6?

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Mar 07, 2012 Mar 07, 2012

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I am sorry I don't know wish I could helpŠ

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New Here ,
Mar 14, 2012 Mar 14, 2012

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I did finally figure this out for Mac. I created a new user to test to see if it was profile or system wide. It was just my account.

I copied the Configuration Files from the new account (user>library>application support>adobe>dreamweaver) and replaced them on my account. DW did not like it till I re-trashed the preferences.

I worked fo a month without copy and paste, wow, what we take for granted.

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Apr 11, 2012 Apr 11, 2012

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I am also unable to get Paste to work in CS5.5.  It worked fine in CS5. I'm using 32 bit system w/ XP Pro. I've rebooted, but it does not work. I can not find the aforementioned directory - C:\Users\UserProfile\AppData\Roaming\Adobe.  It just is not on my computer.

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I would call Adobe; they walked me through the whole thing to get it fixed.

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Apr 13, 2012 Apr 13, 2012

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I can edit my pages in coding mode just fine.. but when i copy and paste in design mode, i get a few <p> paragraph tags instead of the actual code i want to display. Did the deed in the preferences reovals, etc and this doesnt not solve the problem.

Really need a solution and a fix to this.

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Apr 13, 2012 Apr 13, 2012

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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.

DW Crashes -- Restore Preferences

http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver-cs4-cs5.html

Nancy O.

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