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February 16, 2009
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ColdFusion Installation issue

  • February 16, 2009
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Hey guys,

i need help on configuring IIS to allow CFML to run as expected. I wont pretend to know what I am doing, because i have little to no networking training. I am just a programmer. I convinced the my employer to invest in a ColdFusion license but as it turns out configuration take a little more attention then a normal developer edition. At this point I have installed on a new server installation, IIS, Java, and ColdFusion 8 standard edition. DNS is installed but no zones are configured. No domain points to this ip, and no forward lookup zones but at this point i only want the default localhost to run.
the IIS defaultWebsite.

i keep getting the following error

%1 is not a valid Win32 application.


Your help is appreciated!
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    quote:
    Originally posted by: Chemical_One
    Hey guys,

    i need help on configuring IIS to allow CFML to run as expected. I wont pretend to know what I am doing, because i have little to no networking training. I am just a programmer. I convinced the my employer to invest in a ColdFusion license but as it turns out configuration take a little more attention then a normal developer edition. At this point I have installed on a new server installation, IIS, Java, and ColdFusion 8 standard edition. DNS is installed but no zones are configured. No domain points to this ip, and no forward lookup zones but at this point i only want the default localhost to run.
    the IIS defaultWebsite.

    i keep getting the following error

    %1 is not a valid Win32 application.


    Your help is appreciated!


    I have moved on i have resolved the issue using x64 based os you need to do the following:

    ColdFusion 8 is a 32 bit application and by default won’t run on IIS6 on Windows Server 2003 x64. You’ll get a “%1 is not a valid Win32 application” if you try.

    To get IIS6 to run 32 bit applications (including classic ASP) you need open a dos prompt and type:

    1
    cd %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts
    2
    cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 True
    3
    IISreset.exe /restart

    Try to view a static html page, if you get a “Service Unavailable” error (like I did), then the quickest way to solve it is to remove IIS (from the control panel), reboot and reinstall IIS. WARNING: you will need the windows install files to do this!

    Enjoy

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    Anonymous
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    February 16, 2009
    quote:
    Originally posted by: Chemical_One
    Hey guys,

    i need help on configuring IIS to allow CFML to run as expected. I wont pretend to know what I am doing, because i have little to no networking training. I am just a programmer. I convinced the my employer to invest in a ColdFusion license but as it turns out configuration take a little more attention then a normal developer edition. At this point I have installed on a new server installation, IIS, Java, and ColdFusion 8 standard edition. DNS is installed but no zones are configured. No domain points to this ip, and no forward lookup zones but at this point i only want the default localhost to run.
    the IIS defaultWebsite.

    i keep getting the following error

    %1 is not a valid Win32 application.


    Your help is appreciated!


    I have moved on i have resolved the issue using x64 based os you need to do the following:

    ColdFusion 8 is a 32 bit application and by default won’t run on IIS6 on Windows Server 2003 x64. You’ll get a “%1 is not a valid Win32 application” if you try.

    To get IIS6 to run 32 bit applications (including classic ASP) you need open a dos prompt and type:

    1
    cd %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts
    2
    cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 True
    3
    IISreset.exe /restart

    Try to view a static html page, if you get a “Service Unavailable” error (like I did), then the quickest way to solve it is to remove IIS (from the control panel), reboot and reinstall IIS. WARNING: you will need the windows install files to do this!

    Enjoy

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