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January 29, 2018
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Windows could not start the coldfusion 2016 application server on local computer

  • January 29, 2018
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I have been running a Developer version of CF 2016 on a Windows 10 system for about 4 months with no issues at all.  Today I allowed Windows to perform a major update to Windows 10.  Upon completion, I could no longer start the Cold Fusion Application Server.  This is the message I received: Windows could not start the Cold Fusion 2016 application server on local computer.  I rebooted the computer to no avail, reinstalled Cold Fusion to no avail. The install failed at the point that it need to start the server.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Correct answer Dave Watts

I've seen this problem before, a long time ago. I suspect you need to reduce the amount of RAM you're committing to CF at startup. There are two memory settings in the jvm.config file: one for total memory and one for initial memory. Since you can't start CF to get to the CF Administrator, you'll need to edit this file manually. It will be in c:\coldfusion2016\cfusion\runtime\bin by default, I believe. There will be two settings: -xms and -xmx. You will probably need to reduce -xms to something below the size of the object heap shown in your previous response.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software.

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Priyank Shrivastava.
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Priyank Shrivastava.Community Manager
Community Manager
January 29, 2018

Hi,

I can check this at our end, meanwhile, can you please share the windows update build.

Also, try to start it from the command line and share the output.

Launch the command prompt as Run as Admin> Navigate to the ColdFusion2016\cfusion\bin folder and type the command "cfstart". Share the output from the command prompt.

Thanks,

Priyank Shrivastava

Thanks, Priyank Shrivastava
johnroccaforte
johnroccaforteAuthor
Inspiring
January 29, 2018

Good Morning.

The update build: Feature update to Windows 10, version 1709

An attempt for a manual start failed with this message: Could not reserve enough space for 1048576KB object heap

Thanks

John Rocaforte

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Dave WattsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 29, 2018

I've seen this problem before, a long time ago. I suspect you need to reduce the amount of RAM you're committing to CF at startup. There are two memory settings in the jvm.config file: one for total memory and one for initial memory. Since you can't start CF to get to the CF Administrator, you'll need to edit this file manually. It will be in c:\coldfusion2016\cfusion\runtime\bin by default, I believe. There will be two settings: -xms and -xmx. You will probably need to reduce -xms to something below the size of the object heap shown in your previous response.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software.

Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC
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