About Adobe CS4 Installation Errors : Error Number 2

I needed a fast tool for creating the mockup of my new blog template. I thought what can be better than Dreamweaver, as it’s the tool that I use for most of my freelance work. As I won’t be needing Dreamweaver on this computer for more than a few days, I downloaded and tried to install the Dreamweaver CS4′s trial version.

I’m running on Windows 7 64bit Ultimate. Right away, the installation started giving errors. This is the error message:

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 LangPack (en_US)
Error: Error 2.

And if you try to run Dreamweaver, this message box appears:

Could not locate the Resources file in the Configuration folder.
This file is required to run Dreamweaver.
Please reinstall the application.

For a few hours I tried to find how to solve this problem. Disabled all firewall, antivirus software, startup tools. A fresh restart, not opening any programs while restarting, even not moving the mouse, or praying. Nothing was helping.

At the end, a lost comment in the huge interwebs of blogs and forums saved my day while searching Google.

If you are using Vista or Windows 7 and encounter error 2, check this folder:

C:\Users\Public\Documents

I’m definitely certain that, you do not have that one created. Simply create it by hand and watch the magic happen.

Isn’t it fun ? Wait! What’s more disturbing is that Adobe installation does not create or put any files or folders in here. Sooo strange…

Strange CSS Bug : 3 Line CSS Code Crashing Dreamweaver CS4

A friend of mine found a strange bug in Dreamweaver CS4. Who would guess that a 3 line CSS code would be able to totally crash Dreamweaver?

Here is the code he tried to write :

@media print{
     #tepe, #rightpanel,
}

While i was trying to replicate this bug, Dreamweaver first crashed at #rightpanel. On my second attempt, i succeeded but was not able to save the file, as Dreamweaver died again. Even saving this simple code in Notepad, and trying to open it with Dreamweaver creates a little disaster.

I just reported this as a bug and waiting for an answer. If I get one, I’ll post it here.

Edit: A mail came after a few hours after my report. Adobe was able to reproduce the bug and it is internally filed. They will look into it.

As suggested, if you encounter this kind of error, be sure to use valid CSS. As this bug appears while writing the code you won’t be able to finish what you started, but however, opening the saved CSS file in another tool and finishing it like this,

@media print{
     #tepe, #rightpanel {}
}

Solves the problem for now.

Adobe CS4 + Version Cue 4.0.1 = Fatal Error

I just ran Adobe Update for CS4, to check if any new versions are available. There were some. As always, most of them were not installed. But the installed ones destroyed my night in a few seconds. Illustrator was not running :

Illustrator.exe – Fatal Application Exit
The specified module could not be found. C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Version Cue CS4\4.0.1\VersionCue.DLL

I’m not a fan of Version Cue, I’m not using it, and hell the server is not even installed.

So why Illustrator asks for an updated version for a not-used-by-user application ?

As I figured out, this was the client DLL, and not the server. And what a surprise, Version Cue update I just downloaded from Adobe did not install on my PC. Why ? Because I don’t have any Version Cue server installed…

So, at the end, no updates are available for me, but my Illustrator wants that update to work.

So confusing…

If you ever encounter this error, there is no solution from Adobe.
But there is a hack you can use : Simply rename the 4.0.0 folder name to 4.0.1
Yep, that’s all…

Adobe Air 1.5 And Windows 7 Beta

As you might have already tried, Adobe Air’s new 1.5 update is not installing on Windows 7, even when you try with admin priviledges. Plus uninstallation fails if you were able to install with the new version. Solution ? Uninstall by hand. Delete the Adobe Air files and folder from your Program Files folder :

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe AIR
–or if you are running 64bit :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR

Delete appropriate folder for your Windows 7 installation.

To remove the uninstallation we need to delete a registry key.
Click Start, and then select “Run”, write Regedit and click OK. The key is located in :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe AIR
–or if you are running 64bit os :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe AIR

Be careful, do not delete anything else from the registry.

After these steps you will be able to install Adobe AIR with admin priviledges. By the way, do not let AIR to install tools from the web, as this might cause the same error. Download them to your harddisk first.

If you are still having problems installing Adobe Air 1.5, try downloading and installing Windows Install Clean Up utility from Microsoft. This tool will show all software installed by “Windows Installer”. Delete Adobe AIR installation from the database.

If you are still “still” having problems, these might help also:

If you are not able to install AIR applications from web, download the AIR file. Then go to the folder I mentioned at the quote down here, and run “Adobe AIR Application Installer.exe” as administrator. Locate the AIR file from the opened explorer, and install.

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0
–or if you are running 64bit :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe AIR\Versions\1.0

Always run AIR application as Administrator (do not run untrusted software, as you’ll be giving every available permission for every action on your computer). If this is the error you are receiving, you definitely need to run as admin.

This application requires a version of Adobe AIR which cannot be found. Please download the latest version of the runtime from http://www.adobe.com/go/getair, or contact the application author for an updated version.

Have you ever installed Adobe Media Player ? Uninstall the older version. Or simply delete the folder and use Windows Install Clean Up here too.

C:\Program Files\Adobe Media Player
–or again if it’s 64bit :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe Media Player

Check out Flash Shared Object cache, delete them. Don’t hesitate. Locations of the Shared Object folder for your operating system can be found here. For Windows 7 it is ,

C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects

Try not to install Adobe AIR 1.5 alone. This time, try installing Adobe Media Player‘s new version from Adobe’s web site. It will install AIR automatically.