Dreamweaver MX and Vista Fix – Insert Tables – Best fix
PLEASE NOTE – THIS FIX WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AT THIS URL AS WE ARE MOVING TO DAVIDCRANDALL.COM – HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM HAS EFFECTED MANY PEOPLE AND WE WILL MAKE A PAGE DEDICATED TO THIS FIX
Hello everyone! A common problem for Vista users with Dreamweaver MX is the “Insert>Tables” function; it simply will not work. I have already posted two articles on this issue providing some fixes for the issue. In the first article, I show how to make the “Insert Table” function actually do something and that is insert a table. The only problem with THIS fix is that it doesn’t allow you to change the specs before the table is inserted into your Document. The second fix is a tip given by a user, and another tip given by me which has worked for a decent ammount of people, but not all (for some it only worked temporarily, then the problem occured again.) In this tutorial, I will be giving a new fix which will make the “Insert Tables” function work like a charm.
1. First thing is first, download, save, and extract this ZIP file: newtable1.zip
2. Right click and copy the “table.htm” file (The code in this file was taken from an extension called “etable” that you can download from http://www.idest.com/dreamweaver/objects-fr.htm)
3. Go to C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Objects\Common (NOTE: Some users may have to go there AND C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Objects\Common and repeat the following steps in both locations. This location is “Hidden” so either enable windows explorer to view hidden files and navigate to this location, OR copy and paste the filepath into the address bar in windows explorer and replace “YOUR USER NAME” with an appropriate username.)
4. In this folder, rename “Table.htm” to “Tableold.htm” so you can reuse this file as a backup.
5. Now, press CTRL+V to paste the recently downloaded “Table.htm” file.
6. Open up Dreamweaver MX and insert a table 
Now, the customization feature won’t look exactly like the original, but it has all the functions – plus a little more! If you want, you can even tweak this “Table.htm” file to do whatever you’d like.
For me, this is the best way to get Dreamweaver MX to insert tables on Windows Vista.
What Do You Think?
Did this help you? Have you tweaked the Table.htm file to do something really cool? Send your thoughts to david@funkytower or leave a comment below. I look forward to hearing from you.
Take it easy,
David Crandall
UPDATE:
I received this e-mail from Dave who has some useful information for those who may have trouble using this fix.
Just a heads up I had to change the file in all of these location in order to get it to work. Thought I would let you know in case anyone else had trouble with it. So thank you for pointing me in the right direction. The tables not working has been a huge frustration since switching to vista.
Thanks again!
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Objects\Common
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration-1\Objects\Common
C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Common
C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Objects\Common
In Dave’s case, there are 4 file paths in which he had to paste the “Table.htm” file. This situation is pretty uncommon, but if you find yourself STILL not being able to get the ‘Insert Table” function to work, search out some new file paths that are in relation to Dreamweaver MX.
Please note, typically, when you need to paste this file in more than the two file paths is when you’ve uninstalled and reinstalled Dreamweaver MX multiple times. When uninstalling Dreamweaver MX, Vista leaves behind the hidden “Configuration” files, thus, when reinstalling, a second Configuration folder is created. I hope this makes sense. Thank you, Dave, for sharing your new info with us!
Tags: Dreamweaver, Fix, How To, Insert, MX, problem, Tables, Vista
October 5th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Works. I had to paste in the two spots.
Many, Many thanks.
October 12th, 2008 at 9:26 am
After trying many other ideas I found online, this is the one that worked. Easy, fast and this time permanent! Thank you Tons!
October 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Did not work for me – Dreamweaver still ignores the caommand to make a table. I am using MX and Vista.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
At first for me, it did not work either. I realized I had to check the second folder path and paste the HTML document there as well.
Try the fix available here:
http://www.funkytower.com/2008/08/09/dreamweaver-mx-and-vista-inserting-tables-fix/
This seems to have worked for alot of people. It won’t perform like this fix does, but will give you some functionality. Adobe just released CS4, I’d advice any Vista user to save up and upgrade.
November 8th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Thanks! That was great. I needed to add the table file to both locations. One thing that I got stuck on was that I couldn’t see the AppData directory. It didn’t take long until I realized that it was a hidden folder so I un-hid it under Organize > Folder and Search Options > View > Show hidden files and folders.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Thanks so much! I just hate Vista….I have had endless issues and this latest one really drove me crazy. I did have to paste the new table in both locations….and then it worked! Fantastic!
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Thank you so much! This was annoying me soooo much and I had to keep uninstalling the whole program and reinstalling it for it to work. What a pain, but this makes things so much better. Thanks again!
November 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
has worked so far for me – thanks alot
January 7th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Actually, I Cant thank you enough for taking the time to post information like this. I use DW for work and have been trying to survive the upgrade from XP Pro to Vista 64Bit. As soon as I saw the table issues within seconds of working on a site, I groaned aloud, realizing the headache in store. Ultimately, your page saved a helluva lot of head scratching. It worked great with lowly old Dreamweaver MX on the latest version of Vista 64 so hats off to you.
kh
January 13th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Maximum respect and thanks to you – copied file to both folders and works just fine!
January 15th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Brilliant! Worked after Risa (above) reminded me that the AppData folder under Users is hidden. (Just to repeat Risa: to un-hide the folder, go under Organize > Folder and Search Options > View > Show hidden files and folders.)
Works beautifully now. Thanks for the fix, everyone!
January 16th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Of all the programs I was worried about being compatible with Vista64 was Dreamweaver. Your fix has worked perfectly. Thanks so much.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Many, many thanks. Just bought a new PC with Vista. My heart sank when I found myself unable to create tables in DW. However, thanks to your excellent fix, the problem was resolved in minutes. Very much appreciated.
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
David, thank you so much for your easy to follow Vista – Dreamweaver tables fix. You are truly one of the good guys, keep up the great work, all the best.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Thank you so very much for going to the trouble of posting this – it works!!!! I had to use Dave’s suggestion of catching those other table.htms, but that did it. I’m a struggling beginner trying to create a website relying on tutorials and when things do not work, it really messes things up and then you just want to give up. You have no idea how much trouble you’ve saved folks like me. (And thanks for the video!)
January 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am
thank you all so much funky tower and everyone’s responses for helping me sort this really annoying issue out. i can sleep better 2nite 8:)
January 27th, 2009 at 3:53 am
I pasted it into the 2 areas discussed and it’s working fine. Thansk a lot.
G
January 31st, 2009 at 2:06 am
You saved the day! Thank you!
February 4th, 2009 at 2:57 am
thank you very much.
it is working at the moment.
i did the change at three places.
February 5th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
A million thankyous,
the 1st and 4th file path did it for me
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Objects\Common
C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Objects\Common
Brilliant!
February 8th, 2009 at 4:13 am
great! thank you
February 8th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I haven’t encountered this problem.
I read a number of posts on the web that Dreamweaver MX 2004 runs better on Vista when you put it into Windows XP compability mode and Run as administrator.
You can choose these settings by going into the folder that has the Dreamweaver.exe application, and then right-clicking on the Dreamweaver app.
On my computer, Dreamweaver is here:
C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX 2004
The only nit I’m encountering is that I have to authorize running Dreamweaver every time I launch it in Vista. No big deal.
February 9th, 2009 at 12:08 am
MX and MX 2004 are 2 different versions. Thanks for the information, though =]
February 10th, 2009 at 11:02 am
It worked – I could kiss you!
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:00 am
I owe you for this. It FINALLY works! Thank you so much!
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
WOW. Thought I’d screwed up when I did the first htm copy/paste and nada, then I pasted it in the second spot and “VIOLA” (hahaha), IT WORKED. We have TABLE!
Thk u thk u thk u.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:59 pm
it solves my insert table problem but i have other issues. when i click on Command or Help menu, DW will close.
i have traced that it will try to execute the scripts inside C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration\Commands folder and Vista will not allow it.
any idea on this?
March 18th, 2009 at 4:34 am
this worked first time, fantastic. just to say i had three config files from old instalations so i deleted two of them.
thanks, this is what the web is all about.
March 21st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
This is the second “issue” I’ve had with my new laptop with Vista and my current programs, the other is with Filemaker. Now that this one is solved, I can go work on the other. Thanks so much!
April 9th, 2009 at 6:30 am
wow it worked-YOU ARE A LIFESAVER-i had to paste in multiple locations but thank you-u saved me a ton of money buy not having to buy the big bloated new version- how i miss xp……
April 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am
Oh I was so upset when this first happened. Thanks for the fix… super time saver and almost had me giving up and reinstalling.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
THIS WORKED PERFECTLY! Thanks soooo much! I only had to put in 1 path.The first path which is in Program Files. Don’t know why… I had my hidden files showing and when I followed the path from my user, only got as far as dreamweaver mx then the “common” folder was no where to be found so I just did the first path and opened up Dreamweaver MX and Table insert worked!
April 26th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Oh my heavens, I was starting to panic, but it worked like a charm! Thank you so much, I could kiss you!
April 26th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Mate absolute genius!! Thankyou soooooooooooo much!
Saved me headaches and time
May 19th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Thanks so much for the fix. Works perfectly and lets me use my MX on crappy Vista..
May 27th, 2009 at 8:12 am
hi I’m new to web design, not very good with computers…in folder “objects” instead of table.htm i have TableTag.htm. is it different? I have changed that to TableTagold.htm. Anyway cannot paste the extracted table file. Can you help?
Thank You
May 29th, 2009 at 7:11 am
THANK YOU!! My whole job/home biz revolves around Dreamweaver and I had a minor heart attack when I switched to Vista. LOL! Yay! Thanks again!!!
May 31st, 2009 at 8:28 am
Seriously… THANK YOU!!!
I was getting desperate and your fix made my day ^_^ Bless you.
June 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
It’s really wonderful that skilled people like yourself are prepared to share your knowledge. This fix has worked (two paste destinations) and I can now insert tables again – with even more options than before. I was going slowly mad and losing sleep so THANK YOU – THANK YOU!
June 6th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Worked … had to find the “appdata” folder by doing and index serach of all my files. Changed it there and it worked fine. Thanks!!
June 8th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Thanx
copied in two places.
worked very well
once again
thanx
June 29th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Works great! Only had the 2 files to replace and don’t need to handcode anymore. Thanks.
July 13th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Thanks – those were beautiful instructions. I only had to deal with the user … appdata folder. However, I even succeeded in changing the values for cellpadding and cellspacing – tho not, oddly, not width.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:56 am
I love you. You have just saved me so many head aches you wont believe it.
August 1st, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Huzzah! It works!
From this day forth whenever I insert a table in Dreamweaver, I will drink a beer in your honor!
THANKS FUNKY TOWER!
Boy am I gonna get drunk!
August 4th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
BLESS YOU!
Those of us that are running older software take our chances with every upgrade, but people like you are such a blessing. This was perfect, took me less than 5 minutes to find the info and to do it. Now I have my old familiar tools back in working order!
August 14th, 2009 at 10:46 am
oh bless you for posting this! I’ve been struggling along without tables for months. So easy, and works great.
August 15th, 2009 at 4:21 am
we love you all
greetings from Germany
August 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I did install the update.
Then I pasted the new table.htm in the four locations, as above, because I had already removed & re-installed DW.
It worked
Since this app is no longer supported this was about my only hope for a fix.
Thank you very much.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:28 am
I just wanted to say,
THANKS SO MUCH THIS REALLY WORKS AND I CAN GET MY SCHOOLWORK DONE NOW!!!!!
great job guys,
Thanks.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Thank you #51. Works great. Had to paste in 2 places. Took me much longer to realize the problem than to fix it.
October 13th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I fixed this a different way. I looked through these procedures but was very hesitant to replace a default file with someone else’s if I didn’t have to.
I noticed that the file in my C:\Users\XXX\…\Roaming\…\Table.htm had a size of 0B–i.e. it was empty. I simply copied the default file from the C:\Program Files\…\Table.htm and pasted it there.
Worked like a champ.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Thanks so much….the file size was also 0 on mine…I copied the default file and it worked like a charm!!! Thanks so much guys!
November 8th, 2009 at 11:08 am
It is great on Vista but doesn’t work on windows 7…
Have an idea ?
Many thanks.
December 19th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Solved! Worked on 7 without a hitch following your easy instructions, thank you very much! Was a bit stressed until I found this help!
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 am
umph.
I have the same problem with MX and Win7
December 30th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Win7 has a similar file structure to Vista…consider upgrading from MX to CS2 at least
January 1st, 2010 at 4:40 pm
David you rock!! I am responsible for maintaining a website that I designed for a charity here in the UK. I upgraded my laptop to 7 a month ago and Dreamweaver hasn’t been the same since. Thanks to your fix, it’s all working swimmingly again. The tables thing had unexpected consequences like screwing the formatting six ways to a Sunday and stuff too. Now it’s working just as it did before and I’m really pleased. Neither the charity nor I have the money to upgrade.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
January 10th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
thank you so much!!!!!
i can’t tell you how many hours i wasted trying to figure this out or work around it!!!
January 12th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Thanx, worked for me
January 16th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Worked a treat!
Cheers!