I had the misfortune to experience the following error in Dreamweaver 8 the other day and was tearing my hair out (metaphorically) for a while. Luckily there’s an easy fix for this error.

The error

The following JavaScript error(s) occurred:
At line 56 of file "D:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Configuration\Shared\Common\Scripts\dwscriptsExtData.js":
ReferenceError: dwscripts is not defined

The solution

Find the The WinFileCache*.dat file which you will see in your DW8 configuration folder. Use the path below to guide you to this folder (this file may be hidden so if this is the case you will have to click Tools > folder options in explorer and check view hidden files and folders)>

C:\Documents and Settings\REPLACEWITHYOURUSERNAME\Application Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Configuration

Simply delete the WinFileCache*.dat file, restart Dreamweaver and it will be recreated. Personally I’d make sure you backup the Configuration folder below you delete anything but this simple fix should do the trick.

Well now you can! This new application called Bumptop has the potential to truly innovate and what they have managed to do with 3D presentation and smooth physics-based animations is startling. If you thought Vista had a clever user interface then you ain’t seen nothing yet.

The physics based animations are the most impressive in my opinion and man you could do some damage on your desktop if you were in a bad mood! Still, I’ll be interested to see exactly how this is implemented, how fast it is and more importantly what platforms it will be available on.

There’s a full video presentation of bumptop from co-creator Anand Agarawala if you want to see for yourself and the video below also shows the application in all its glory.

This is something that despite being such an easy process I keep forgetting how to do. Therefore I have decided to document the procedure for my reference and for anyone else who would want to know.

The easy part of this process is simply copying the profile folder for Thunderbird and pasting it to another location (ideally a backup device such as an external hard drive). If you don’t have a device like this then give yourself a slap and go see the nice people at eBuyer for a reliable external hard drive.

The tricky part however is locating the profile folder in order to copy it. For Windows 2000/XP installations this should be as follows.

C:\Documents and Settings\Windows login/user name\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\Profile name\

As an example mine was

C:\Documents and Settings\Gary\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\43mmzgrt.default

If your looking for something that will backup Thunderbird or FireFox automatically then check out MozBackup.