Dreamweaver - Dreamweaver 8 upgrade

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Dreamweaver 8 upgrade

delafurie

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

I just got Dreamweaver version 8.
I did an upgade to my version 6.0.
I now have 2 versions on my PC.
Do I need to uninstall version 6.0 or should I leave it?
I have 2 icons on my desktop and for now i've just deleted the version 6.0
icon.
All my info and settings carried over into version 8.
I just want to be sure I don't lose any of that if I delete version 6.0.

Thanks for your help.

Nancy Gill

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

If everything is intact, you shouldn't have a problem uninstalling the older
version. At any rate, I would export all site definitions to a folder
outside the whole program just for safekeeping. I starting doing this as
soon as the function was available and it has saved me more than once.

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"delafurie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I just got Dreamweaver version 8.
> I did an upgade to my version 6.0.
> I now have 2 versions on my PC.
> Do I need to uninstall version 6.0 or should I leave it?
> I have 2 icons on my desktop and for now i've just deleted the version 6.0
> icon.
> All my info and settings carried over into version 8.
> I just want to be sure I don't lose any of that if I delete version 6.0.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

Murray *TMM*

2006-02-24, 10:15 am

You may need to manually migrate any custom snippets, but if your sites and
your extensions migrated properly, you can safely uninstall DMX6x.

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"delafurie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dtkn2g$p5m$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I just got Dreamweaver version 8.
> I did an upgade to my version 6.0.
> I now have 2 versions on my PC.
> Do I need to uninstall version 6.0 or should I leave it?
> I have 2 icons on my desktop and for now i've just deleted the version 6.0
> icon.
> All my info and settings carried over into version 8.
> I just want to be sure I don't lose any of that if I delete version 6.0.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

delafurie

2006-02-24, 10:16 pm

I'm just the PC Tech here and I don't actually use the application.
Could you possibly walk me through the process of exporting all site
definitions to a folder
outside the whole program?
Our IT Dept lost all their data a few years ago and they're very touchy about
it anytime we have to make upgrades to their image.
This information could be really useful.

Thanks again for your help.

Murray *TMM*

2006-02-24, 10:16 pm

Open DW8. Select SITE | Manage Sites...

Ctrl- or Shift-click to select sites in the list, and click on the Export
button.

Follow the prompts.

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"delafurie" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dtnmge$3v9$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> I'm just the PC Tech here and I don't actually use the application.
> Could you possibly walk me through the process of exporting all site
> definitions to a folder
> outside the whole program?
> Our IT Dept lost all their data a few years ago and they're very touchy
> about
> it anytime we have to make upgrades to their image.
> This information could be really useful.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
>