How to show a ''don''t show again'' dialog again

When you first install Fireworks, it will often show dialogs with specific advice or tips.

The following are some examples of these dialogs:

How to reduce preview time in the Export Preview dialog

Warning when converting a vector shape to filtered pixels

Warning when changing text in a single button state

Most of these dialogs have a small "Don't show again" checkbox withinthem, so you can stop seeing them if you wish. Fireworks gives you necessary information once, and then gets out of your way as you learn the program.

There may be an occasion when you will want to see one of these dialogs again. This TechNote describes how you can get these dialogs to come back after you've checked the "Don't show again" option.

To see the dialog box again do the following:

1

Quit Fireworks.

2

Delete the Fireworks Preferences file.



On Windows this is file is found in your Fireworks 3 folder, and on Macintosh this file is found in your System-level Preferences folder.

3

Restart Fireworks. You will see all dialogs again, including registration reminders.

Note:Be sure to shut down Fireworks before removing the preferences file. Many programs read their preferences at startup, modify them during operation, and write them to disk when closing. If you delete the preferences while Fireworks is running, then it will just write a fresh copy of the old preferences when you shut it down.

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