Changing default site without starting dreamweaver

[Jimmy Turnip]

I've got a large site that was designed in dreamweaver on a high spec machine. I wanted to edit the site on my own, much lower spec machine, so I set up the site, tried to open it and it made my computer hang.

Now, every-time I start dreamweaver it tries to open this site and makes my computer hang again; rendering my copy of dreamweaver useless. Does anyone know if there is a way of changing the site that dreamweaver opens when it starts without opening the application and without re-installing? I cannot move or rename the site either because it is shared over a network.

Thanks.

[Pikin_It_Up]

I think that is a bug in Dreamweaver. If you try to open a page is will say that there are no sites defined... edit sites?

Perhaps that is what is hanning your machine.

I don't use DW anymore and that is one of the reasons.

[Jimmy Turnip]

I know, I hate using it too but this site is a large static site that has no server-side scripting support.

Is there a configuration file I can edit or something to get it to change the site that it is trying to start when I open Dreamweaver?

[Pikin_It_Up]

Not that I know of.

Why don't you try posting a query on the Macromedia forums. People there are normally pretty helpful.

Alternativey you could use a text editor that allows you to perform a search and replace on miltiple files at one time. I can sticky you some URL's if you'd like

[Jimmy Turnip]

any help's appreciated

[Leosghost]

Dw normally tells you to create a "sites" folder in "c" to store everything in ...

Try taking out from this folder everything thats in it save it elsewhere ...then remove the site that you have the problem with by copying it into another folder called for exmple "pain in the ass site" and then copying the whole lot back into "sites"...this way you've sort off sandboxed it until you want it ...( I've got one like yours I think ) and this works with DW MX...

you can also then "restructure" outside of DW just opening pages directly in EI or whatever without passing via DW ( which it will **** about when you put the altered pages back but it will eventually accept ) until you find the part that hangs it ....

Another way is to increase drastically your RAM ...which is where the problem usually lies with DW ..eats more RAM than Photoshop with the "munchies "..

good luck ..