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wcx08
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June 18, 2012
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Can't Uninstall ColdFusion

  • June 18, 2012
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Hello.

I'm currently running ColdFusion 9.0 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.  I need to uninstall ColdFusion altogether so that I may reinstall it.  My ColdFusion came with an 'uninstall' directory, which contains the file "Uninstall Adobe ColdFusion 9.exe".  However, when I try to run this program, I get a JVM error.  I've tried running this program as adminstrator, as well as updating my JVM to the newest version (in the case that it was a version mismatch).  This hasn't solved anything.

I then turned to the "Programs and Features" section of the control panel, where it shows an "Adobe ColdFusion 9" instance.  But, when I try to uninstall here, I get the message "You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Adobe ColdFusion9.  Please contact your system administrator."  I am logged in as the administrator, and am able to uninstall other programs.

Any ideas or information would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

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    wend0144
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    June 4, 2015

    I know this is an old error, but...we just had this happen with a Win 7 machine running ColdFusion 10. So...

    Since the 'java -version' command was unrecognized from the command line, I installed the newest java jre. I added the path to the install directory to the 'JAVA_HOME' environment variable and added it to the path (appending ';%JAVA_HOME%\bin').

    Now, the uninstaller works just fine. Just couldn't find the correct java (jvm) to run in order to allow the uninstaller.

    How the installer worked, but the uninstaller didn't...we'll never know.

    KDW

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