I have a solution of 11 projects in VWD, which simply consists of 11 different websites.  Everything is fine until I am done for the day and want to shut down.  If I close the window, it usually tells me, a file on the server is newer than your local copy, would you like to update?  I say no, it does this a few times, then just hangs until I have to use windows to manually kill VWD.  Same thing happens with closing the solution.  I just can't shut down, any help is appreciated.

Since it hangs, it would be best to give us more information.  It would be best for you to give us the exact environment to repro, which is unlikely in this case.  Could you please follow the following steps and give us the dump file?  Thanks.  You can try my email "xinqiu  -at- microsoft -- d-o-t -- com".  Thanks

1. Generate dump file for hanged application:
   Option1: If you are using vista, you can simple open task manager, go to process tab, right click the hanged process and select create dump file.
   Option2: Use Visual Studio 2008(You can download a trial version from microsoft).
      a. Start VWD Express and repro the hang.
      b. Start Visual Studio
      c. In Visual Studio, click Tools | Attach to Process...
      d. In the list of processes locate VWDExpress.exe.
      e. Click Select... and explicitly choose 'Native' and 'Managed' code.
      f. Click OK and OK to close Select dialog and Attach to Process dialog.
      g. Click Debug | Break All.
      h. Click Debug | Save Dump As... to save the debug information.
   Option3: Use Windbg (If you can't get the above 2 working)
      a. goto http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx download latest version of windbg (If OS is X86, you can go to http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx, directly)
      b. install windbg
      c. run VWD Express, and repro the hang
      d. run windbg
      e. Click Menu File->Attach To Process
      f. In the list of processes locate VWDExpress.exe.
      g. Click OK and Yes to save the workspace
      h. In the command window, type ".dump /ma c:\VWDEXpress.dmp"

2. The dump file can be close to 400meg.  Compress it to a file around 120 meg
3. Contact us:
   Option1: Open a bug in Connect (http://connect.microsoft.com/) and attach the file there.
            This is the best option as all the bug will get treated in a timely basis.
   Option2: email us the dump with repro steps, you can find our email in some of the thread 
   Option3 (If the above 2 not working): Contact someone in the team, and we can create a FTP share for you to upload.

 I created the dump, 128MB.  I have logged into the connect website, get to https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=210&wa=wsignin1.0 , which then tells me "You need permission to submit feedback in this area. To apply for permission, browse through your choices on the Available Connections page."  Basically, there is no apply button, keeps taking me back to the same circular screen references and I'm unable to submit anything.  I want to change the fact that I am now using 2005 instead of 2008 as 2008 no longer supports color coding classic .asp, however, I was having the same problem with 2008 as well.  Any help on where to send my dump or how to actually submit a bug is greatly appreciated.

I guess connect site is not designed well.  You've to login with your live ID, then go to the following to register yourself.  Then you can start the process of bug reporting.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

You need to make sure the right upper corner is not guest, but your name, in order to submit feedback.  The following is the quote from the above link: 

NOTE for NEW Connect CUSTOMERS only: 
If you see "Welcome, guest" in the upper-right corner of Connect, then you must first register your Live ID account (Passport) with Connect before submitting feedback.  Please follow these steps to register:

1. Click "Manage your Connect Profile" link at the bottom left of the page
2. Follow the registration steps
3. After completion of the process, the system will lead you back to the Connect main page
4. Double check if your display name appears at the top right corner of the page

Just to get a bit more information.

1. Do you open them as FTP site or frontpage site? 
2. Since the error is "A server file is newer than your local file", do you know which file causes this problem?  Is it database file or some other dynamic changing file?

Thanks.

1. I open the site via frontpage extensions, not FTP.  I choose add existing website.  The websites open and work just fine.  When I go to close the solution, it just never closes, always hangs.  I have tried exiting the program as well as clicking the file tab and going to close solution, either way hangs.

 2. I sometimes get the popup message about a server file is newer than your local file.  This error is temporary, and just asks me if I want to overwrite or not.  I say no, keep the updated file from the server, and it moves on.  I know it moves on because sometimes I have more than one of these popups, and it asks me the same thing a couple of times.  When all the messages are done, it tries to close, and hangs.  Sometimes I shut down and don't get the message, it just hangs.

Can you let us know which OS you are using and if you needed to install front page server extensions separately, which version of front page server extensions did you install?

 Thanks,

Joe

I am using Windows Vista Business on my PC which has VWD.  I am connecting to a server with frontpage extensions, however, I am not the network engineer that set up the server and have no idea about the installation process.  If I can probe that information from my PC you will need to tell me what I need to type to get it.  As I said, I am connecting to various front page extension servers, not just one.  I can view, modify, save files just fine.  The only problem comes in when I try to shut down VWD.  On a side note, it really sucks to have to login to every single server when VWD opens that solution, and ever worse, the 'save login/password' option only appears to work on some of my websites, a bug in VWD, so some are saved, others I need to retype passwords every time...  However I imagine there must be a bug report about that somewhere.

It is a bit hard to tell what is going on without knowing what type of OS is installed on the server(s). Are any of them all win2k3 or earlier? Also, you should not have to log in to each server if they are set up to use windows auth. My guess is that this is a bug that was fixed, but if the servers are all win2k3 or earlier my guess is not as good.

 Joe