Extensions missing

[akammeyer]

I'm using DW8 on WinXP Pro. I am a "User" without admin priviledges. I have
several extensions installed and they all work fine. Howevery, I went look at
what I had and none of the extensions show up in Extension Manager. I can
install just fine, but as soon as I close EM and reopen, the extension in gone.
Has anyone run across a similar situation? Any insight would be helpful.
Thanks!

Adam

[EduHeras]

I have exactly the same problem, did you find a solution?
I am using XP pro and DreamWeaver 7.0.1.2181 with Extension Manager 1.7.240.0
and I don?t have admin rights either. It was working fine after the system
administrator needed to re-install my computer.
Is there anyone out there who might have a solution?

[akammeyer]

I have not yet found a solution. It hasn't been top priority for me lately.
Too much to do. But I'm going to try and run some tests on my home computer
and see what I come up with. If anyone else has some insight, it would be much
appreciated.

[akammeyer]

Last night I did some testing. My admin account was able to install extensions
and have them re-appear in the extensions manager. My user account was able to
install extensions, but not able to see them in the extension manager later.
Sounds like this could be a bug in Extension Manager.

[Peter Roper]

I'm running Mac OSX 10.3.9 and Dreamweaver 8 and having exactly the same
problems. I thought it was an administrative problem, but my administrator just
gave my account administrative control and still the extensions are not
installing for the Extension Manager.

Just as Akammeyer does, the installation completed just fine, but when I
restart either Dreamweaver or the Extension Manager, nothing shows up.

[EduHeras]

I found a solution for me(yesterday) . I am using I am using XP pro SP1 and
DreamWeaver 7.0.1.2181 with Extension Manager 1.7.240.0.
I don't have admin rights.
The solution was:
- Uninstall everything
- The admin added me in the Admin group
- Reinstall everything from my account (with new admin rights)
- Remove my self from the admin group
Et voila!! Everything is ok now. Extension manager works fine and I can
install/uninstall/activate/de-activate extension

I hope it works for some of you, no idea about MAC... Let me know
PS: it is true that now I can not open any link on a new window using explorer
but I think (hope) it is another problem.

[akammeyer]

I finally have everything working. For reference, I'm posting what I've
learned.

When installing an extension, Extension Manager (EM) makes a copy of the mxi
and mxp extension files in C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Extension
Manager\Configuration\Extensions (the list of currently installed extensions).
EM also copies the mxi files to C:\Documents and
Settings\[username]\Application Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver
8\Configuration\Extensions (the list of active extensions for [username]).
This is so extensions will be available to all users on a system, but each user
can choose whether or not to activate that extension for their DW
configuration.

As a limited user, I did not have write permissions to the Program Files
folder, so the extension installed to my Configuration folder but did not copy
to the Program Files folder. The network administrator gave me write access to
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Extension Manager\Configuration\Extensions and from
that point forward, I could install and manage extensions. To manage the
extensions I had installed before being granted write permissions, I copied all
mxi files from my user Configuration folder to the EM Configuration folder,
restarted EM and they all showed up.