ColdFusion Installation issue

[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!

[Chemical_One · Accepted solution]

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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!

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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:

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cd %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts

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cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 True

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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