I had so much trouble creating popup menus in Dreamweaver that I finally gave up -- they would work fine in IE but not in Firefox, among other problems. I ended up paying for and downloading AllWebMenus (
www.likno.com). It's very easy to use and highly customizable, and integrates right into Dreamweaver. I'm extremely happy with it. The expense (about $60) was worth it to me because I've used it for several sites, but there are probably less expensive -- and perhaps free -- programs out there.
I wish I had back all the time I spent trying to make popup menus in Dreamweaver -- my advice would be to abandon the effort and find an alternative way to get it done.