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April 9, 2013
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ColdFusion 10 Incomplete Installation

  • April 9, 2013
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After installing ColdFusion 10 the ColdFusion 10 Application Server service is not running. When I attempt to start the service, Windows gives me the following error message: "Windows could not start the ColdFustion 10 Application Server on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vender and refer to service-specific error code 0."

In the System Event Log, I see the following entry:

Error

ColdFusion 10 Application Server

Event ID: 256

The description for Event ID 256 from source ColdFusion 10 Application Server cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If I try to run ColdFusion installer again, it tells me that its already installed. Trying to uninstall just leads to the uninstaller saying "Please wait, Adobe ColdFustion 10 is being configured for your system. This may take a moment..." - and nothing happens for hours.

This machine already has ColdFusion 9 installed on it, and my website is running on this server.

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Anonymous
September 25, 2013

while i meet the same situation, and spend lot of time and effort , at last i found it may due to i download a 32-bit version for CF10 which my server is 64-bit. so i'm gonna try again... hope i got luck.

bforta@adobe.com
Adobe Employee
bforta@adobe.com
Adobe Employee
May 2, 2013

If you have not solved this yet, this is what I would do ...

Assuming that you are not actually using the broken CF10, I'd manually remove all traces of it and then try again. Make sure that any CF10 services are not running, then delete the CF10 directory structure from the computer. The next time you try to uninstall you should get a message from Windows saying that the uninstall could not be completed and it should be removed from the installed apps list. (You can also manually remove the services, but that is not entirely necessary as they should get overwritten on another install). Then, try the install again, makign sure you are logged in as an Administrator or that you right-click on the installer and Run As Administrator.

Oh, and of course, make sure you have backups!

--- Ben

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