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heetj
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Aug 17, 2012 7:13 PM UTC
Question

Windows 8 install

Can Cold Fusion 9 or 10 be successfully installed on Windows 8?

I have a fresh install of Windows 8 with IIS 8. There are no other applications. When I install Cold Fusion 9 or Cold Fusion 10 (with admin rights), I get the same error:

This Application has Unexpectedly Quit Invocation of this Java Application has caused an Invocation TargetException. this application will now exit. (LAX)

Details...

ZeroGur: Windows DLL failed to load

at ZeroGa4.b(DashoA10*..)

at ZeroGa4.b(DashoA10*..)

at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.b(DashoA10*..)

at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA10*..)

at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(DashoA10*..)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)

at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA10*..)

at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA10*..)

I've reinstalled Windows 8 several times. One time I installed Java with the latest CF Eclipse with no problems. The JVM runs nicely in Win 8.

Message was edited by: heetj - When I unrar and run adobe_cf.exe in win 7 compatibility mode (admin elevated), I get an error log that says: # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000007fdb39c5131, pid=984, tid=2736

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spsb84
Inspiring
Aug 20, 2012 4:34 PM UTC

Hi,

Win8 is not supported with CF9 and CF10.

Reference: http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/coldfusion/pdfs/cf10/coldfusion10-support-matrix.pdf

Haivng said that, LAX errors are generally related to the registry issues. So, can you please try running the Windows Installer Clean Up utility--> and then re-starting the server to observe the behavior? {can't commit on CF 9/CF10 successfull installation}.

HTH.

Rg,

Spsb84

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heetjAuthor
Participant
Aug 20, 2012 11:26 PM UTC

Thank you, spsb84, for your reply.

I'm afraid the application doesn't get far in the install. Specifically, the InstallAnywhere progress bar comes up, almost finishes a first pass, then I get the application exception. I'm trying to install ColdFusion_9_WWEJ_win64.exe, but the ColdFusion_10_WWEJ_win64.exe install executable does the very same thing. CF does not appear as an installed product in the Windows Installer Clean Up, so I can't clean it up. There is no CF directory on the C: drive either, and no files are unpacked.

As an interesting side note, I installed CF9 on Win 7 (base install), then I did an OS upgrade to Win8, and CF9 works great! I just can't installCF9 or 10 onto Win8 (only onto Windows 7). The CF server/JRUN works as expected on Win 8 after the upgrade. I took this desperate measure because I have outstanding client jobs to complete. I know, it's crazy to develop on a release preview, but someday soon folks will wanna develop on Win 8 and IIS 8. It's a great OS and CF should install here, imho. (:

Do you, or anyone, know if I can run the CF install in debug mode? Windows even logs show nothing...

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Little_Mike
Known Participant
Aug 21, 2012 2:47 AM UTC

Hello,

I was able to get CF10 up and running on Server 2012 by placing the installer's JRE folder.  I'm willing to bet the same works for Windows 8

Maybe give it a try?  I outlined my steps in a blog post at http://thefusionator.com/index.cfm?blogID=2

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