Customizing Adobe Dreamweaver in a multiuser environment
You can customize Adobe Dreamweaver in a multiuser operating system such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Mac OS X. Adobe Dreamweaver prevents any user's customized configuration from affecting any other user's customized configuration. To accomplish this goal, the first time you run Adobe Dreamweaver in a multiuser operating system that it recognizes, Adobe Dreamweaver copies various configuration files into a user Configuration folder for you. When you customize Adobe Dreamweaver by using dialog boxes and panels, the application modifies your user Configuration files instead of modifying the Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration files. To customize Adobe Dreamweaver by editing a configuration file in a multiuser environment, edit the appropriate user Configuration file, rather than editing the files in the Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration folder. To make a change that affects most users, you can edit a Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration file, but users who already have corresponding user-configuration files will not see the change. In general, if you want to make a change that affects all the users, it's best to create an extension and install it using the Extension Manager.
NOTE | In older operating systems (Windows 98, Windows ME, and Mac OS 9.x), a single set of Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration files is shared by all users, even if the operating system is configured to support multiple users. |
The location of the user's Configuration folder depends on the user's platform.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms use the following location:
drive:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Adobe\ Adobe Dreamweaver\Configuration
NOTE | In Windows XP, this folder may be inside a hidden folder. |
Mac OS X platforms use the following location:
drive:Users/username/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver/Configuration
NOTE | To install extensions that all users can use in a multiuser operating system, you must be logged in as Administrator (Windows) or root (Mac OS X). |
The first time you run Adobe Dreamweaver, it copies only some of the configuration files into your user Configuration folder. (The files that it copies are specified in the version.xml file in the Configuration folder.) When you customize Adobe Dreamweaver from within the application (for example, when you modify one of the predesigned code snippets in the Snippets panel), Adobe Dreamweaver copies the relevant files into your user Configuration folder. The version of a file in your user Configuration folder always takes precedence over the version in the Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration folder. To customize a configuration file that Adobe Dreamweaver has not copied into your user Configuration folder, first copy the file from the Adobe Dreamweaver Configuration folder to the corresponding location inside your user Configuration folder. Then edit the copy in your user Configuration folder.