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Tutorial: Dreamweaver Preferences

The goal of this project is to set up a new network computer with your preferences.

FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE CAREFULLY SO YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR WORK!

Reset/check your Preferences:

  1. Edit<Preferences or Ctrl+u
  2. Choose Preview in Browser
  3. Set Google Chrome as your Primary Browser
  4. Set Firefox as your Secondary Browser
  5. Choose File Types/Editors
  6. Set Photoshop Elements 8.0 as the Primary Editor for the following file types:
    1. .png
    2. .gif
    3. .jpg .jpe .jpeg
    4. .psd
  7. To do this, select the file type, and then:
    1. Select the file type on the left
    2. click the + sign above the word Editors on the right
    3. Navigate to PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe . The icon will be light blue.
      1. A shortcut to PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe can be found by selecting Desktop
    4. Double click the light blue PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe icon
    5. Click Make Primary
    6. Click Okay
    7. Repeat for each of the file types listed above
  8. Whenever a dialog box comes up that asks you if you want Firefox to be your default browser, click Don't ask me again, and then click No.
  9. Whenever a dialog box comes up that asks you if you want Internet Explorer to be your default browser, click Don't ask me again, and then click No
  10. Whenever a dialog box comes up that asks you if you want Safari to be your default browser, click Don't ask me again, and then click No