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Anonymous
December 8, 2010
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Can CF5 be installed on Windows 7 Prof. Platform in a Windows XP Prof. Virtual Machine?

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I am trying to install Cold Fusion 5 on a Windows 7 platform in a XP Professional Virtual Machine.  The software installed with no issues.  However, I have run into a problem with configuring the software.

It has been 8 years since I last installed the software (on a Winows 2000 Professional platform) as the part of a certificate program, which I completed successfully and with many kudos at the time.

When I try to "browse a .cfm from my old class project ", in ColdFusion Studio, it says I need to do Server Development Mapping.

I log into the CF Admiistrator and enter the logical name.  But when I try to browse to retreive the physical location, I dont see the directory list, but instead the icon for "Not Found".

Can this software be loaded in a Virtual Machine environment, and if so, what do I need to do to remedy my problem?

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Scatterblak
Inspiring
April 9, 2014

whenYou don't need the virtual machine; you can run CFStudio natively under Windows 7 64bit. The trick is installing it. *If* you have the standard CD installation archive,  you kick off setip.exe, it'll complain about the version of windows. If you look in the Setup.ini file, however, you'll see that setp.exe is just calleing demo32.exe anyway - right click in demo32, and set the compatibility to Win XP, then run it as administrator - select 'Install ColdFusion Studio' from the menu, and make sure you install it to the program files(x86) dir (if you're on 64 bit windows), and it'll run fine after installation.

ColdFusion Studio is still (2014) the best IDE for CF development, IMHO. Just keep up with the vtml language updates, and it's fantastic - CF still supports the CFIDE connectivity, and all the tools are there. I use Eclipse for a few things, and MSVS for a lot of dotNET stuff, but CFStudio is still a staple on my dev boxes.

--S

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Dave WattsCommunity Expert
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December 8, 2010

You have a lot of things going on here. But yes, you can run CF 5 from a Windows XP VM. You should be able to test this within your VM using a browser instead of CF Studio. Once you've confirmed that CF 5 is working correctly from a browser, then you need to configure CF Studio, which basically needs to know the physical file path that corresponds with your CF site's root URL.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

http://www.figleaf.com/

http://training.figleaf.com/

Read this before you post:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/607238

Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC
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Anonymous
December 8, 2010

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