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    Dreamweaver creating Extra Files

    Jd_Johnson8 Community Member
      Background: G5 Mac OS 10.4.8, Dreamweaver 8.0.2

      Problem: random, number/letter comibination named files without any file extension are showing up all over in my website directory. (if an extension is added, they appear to be duplicates of my files, pictures and web pages).

      i thought that it had something to do with the testing server i am using (an internal company server i connect to locally through a pc network), but now i realize that either dreamweaver or my computer are creating these files b/c they are showing up (locked) on my computer, but not on the server. I have yet to find a connection of where and when the files appear, to the work that i am doing. i was working in the root folder this morning, and the files showed up in primary sub-, and secondary sub-folders that i hadn't touched today.

      check-in and out is enabled on this site so that my boss and i can work on the site at the same time without worries, although he is not yet assisting me.

      Can anybody tell me if there is a setting i need to change to keep these files from popping up?? They are driving me INSANE!!

      Thanks,

      JdJ
        • 1. Re: Dreamweaver creating Extra Files
          Newsgroup_User Community Member
          It's not DW. It's Spotlight. Remove the Site folders from Spotlight's
          configuration.

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          "Jd_Johnson8" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
          news:es1pdc$3el$1@forums.macromedia.com...
          > Background: G5 Mac OS 10.4.8, Dreamweaver 8.0.2
          >
          > Problem: random, number/letter comibination named files without any file
          > extension are showing up all over in my website directory. i thought that
          > it
          > had something to do with the testing server i am using (an internal server
          > i
          > connect to locally through a pc network), but now i realize that either
          > dreamweaver or my computer are creating these files. I have yet to find a
          > connection of where and when the files appear, to the work that i am
          > doing. i
          > was working in the root folder this morning, and the files showed up in
          > primary
          > sub, and secondary sub folders that i hadn't touched today.
          >
          > check-in and out is enabled on this site so that my boss and i can work on
          > the
          > site at the same time without worries, although he is not yet assisting
          > me.
          >
          > Can anybody tell me if there is a setting i need to change to keep these
          > files
          > from popping up?? They are driving me INSANE!!
          >
          > Thanks,
          >
          > JdJ
          >