Backup and Restore Dreamweaver CS3 Site Definitions
Adobe Dreamweaver August 9th, 2008I just got a new laptop with Vista Business on it and spent a while looking for where the Dreamweaver CS3 site definitions are stored. I found this post, which tells where they are on a Mac, but I didn’t see them in the same relative folder on my XP machine. Then, I found this post, which says they’re only stored in your registry on a Windows machine. After thinking “that’s dumb”, I followed these steps to backup and restore them:
- Start > Run > “regedit”
- Browse to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common\9\Sites\”
- Right click on the “Sites” folder on the left, select “Export”.
- Choose a location and click “Save”.
- Move the resulting “.reg” file to your new destination and double click, clicking “Yes” or “OK” to accept the warning dialogs.
- Open Dreamweaver and enjoy :)!
You can also view the list of site definitions in Dreamweaver, highlight them all, then click Export. The reason I didn’t like this method is because it prompts you for a file name for every site, and is equally nagging on import (I did it this way last time I reformatted). If I had 10-15 sites, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but with well over 50 it is not particularly effecient.
It took me a little more than an hour to find this, so I hope it saves someone time!
April 6th, 2009 at 12:19 am
You can export all sites at once by selecting them all in the Site Manager: highlight the first one, then hold Shift and select the last one and click Export with the Back up my setting option. You will be prompted for a file name and it will already be provided, so click save and all files will be saved to the target folder and named as they are in your site manager, i.e. “MySite1.ste.”
October 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
What if you can’t do either of those options. I have an old HD with dreamweaver and my old windows installation. i need to get the sites off that HD an onto the new one. I cant boot that HD anymore. I’m guessing I need to find the registry file and open it up.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Sorry kurt, I’m not sure what to tell you there, but yes, I would assume you’d need to find the registry files on the drive. I did a quick Google for the location of the Windows registry files and found this: http://help.lockergnome.com/windows2/file-located–ftopict484827.html
Check out Dave Patrick’s response.