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Bill_VA
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July 13, 2015
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Installing ColdFusion on Windows 10

  • July 13, 2015
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Anyone successfully installed CF11 (or any other version) on a Windows 10 machine?

I installed IIS, ISAPI Extensions, ASP.NET, and CGI.  The CF11 installer seemed to run well, and got to the point where it would normally launch CF Admin and came up with a 404 error.  I ran the Web Server Configuration Tool, and it pops up a warning box that says "Version 10.0 installed. Supported versions are 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x" after I chose all IIS sites. Also, there isn't a numbered folder under c:\ColdFusion11\config\wsconfig\ like there should be, so there are no Handler Mappings for CF file extensions in IIS.

You'd think Adobe would be all over this as many developers will be switching to Windows 10 soon.

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Correct answer haxtbh

This has been fixed. The latest CF 10 / 11 update added Windows 10 / IIS 10 compatibility.

ColdFusion 11 Update 7

ColdFusion 10 Update 18

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ThreeRavens
Known Participant
November 23, 2015

When is this going to get this fixed?  Windows 10 has been available to get this right for a very long time.  Come Adobe...get off of your backsides and get this right.  This is really hurting the development community since Win 10 was an update provided via windows update rather than a regular install.  A lot of people upgraded and now cannot use CF locally for development.  The lack of a fix for this is very unprofessional and is symptomatic of why CF gets such a bad name.  IS Adobe just trying to kill CF?  At least let us know so we can move on to other languages.  This lack of action on this show stopper of a bug is not very fair to a very loyal developer community.

Eric Roberts

owner@threeravensconsulting.com

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haxtbhCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 23, 2015

This has been fixed. The latest CF 10 / 11 update added Windows 10 / IIS 10 compatibility.

ColdFusion 11 Update 7

ColdFusion 10 Update 18

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Vospri
Participant
December 16, 2015

Why has the latest installer not been updated, almost a month after the patch.

Come on Adobe.. really..

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Charles E. Brown
Participating Frequently
August 8, 2015

I have an even stranger problem. I did a clean install of Windows 10 and when I went to install ColdFusion 11 I got a message saying that the Akamai installer does not recognize my browser. I tried it in Firefox, Chrome and the new Microsoft Edge. Same message in all three browsers.

I am ready to give up on Adobe..period!!!

Anit_Kumar
Community Manager
Anit_KumarCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 9, 2015

Hi Charles,

Since, the download mechanism is now using Akamai, the downloading process has changed a bit. In case the Akamai downloader fails, please try the following steps:-

  1. Go to http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=coldfusion.
  2. Complete your details on the right-hand side section, if not already.
  3. Copy this link http://trials3.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/CSTD/11/win64/ColdFusion_11_WWEJ_win64.exe and paste it on the browser URL and hit “enter”.

The installer will start downloading. Let me know, in case it doesn’t work for you.

Regards,

Anit Kumar

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Charles E. Brown
Participating Frequently
August 9, 2015

Anit,

Many thanks for the information. It seems to be downloading. I just hope it works in Windows 10 after it loads.

The part that gets me is that Adobe has had nearly 2-years warning that this upgrade was coming, with nearly 6 months of a very public and stable beta of Windows 10. Nearly all other software I use made the conversion without a single problem. The only software to give me problems is Adobe.

Anyhow, once again, thank you for your assistance. It is much appreciated,

Charles

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    solaced
    Known Participant
    August 7, 2015

    I have tried it on Windows 10 and it doesn't work. The Web Server Configuration Tool simply doesn't see IIS 10 as a web server.

    I've gone back to Windows 7 anyway - I find it much easier to use and navigate. Its actually quicker as well.

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    Rohit S
    Participating Frequently
    August 6, 2015

    In the meantime connector can be manually set, here's link to instructions (should work for CF11 as well): IIS manual connector configuration | ColdFusion 10

    Create CFIDE and Jakarta Virtual Directories for each site on your IIS including default site (for CF admin site)

    ColdFusion10 server connect to webserver through Connector Port, which is in server.xml. You can find this file in the {CF-HOME}\cfusion\runtime\conf directory.

    In all the configuration below, replace {CF-HOME} with actual ColdFusion 10 installation directory. (For example, on UNIX,  /opt/ColdFusion10 and C:\ColdFusion10 for windows.)

    • Extract the DLL from wsconfig.jar in {CF-HOME}\cfusion\runtime\lib.
      • The IIS 64-bit DLL is in connector\isapi\intel-win64\prebuilt\amd64\isapi_redirect.dll
      • The IIS 32-bit DLL is in connector\isapi\intel-win\prebuilt\isapi_redirect.dll

    • Create a folder in {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number} and copy the DLL into that folder.

    • Create a file named isapi_redirect.properties and copy the content below into it.extension_uri = /jakarta/isapi_redirect.dll
      log_file = {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number}\isapi_redirect.log
      log_level = info
      worker_file = {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number}\workers.properties
      worker_mount_file = {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number}\uriworkermap.properties
      iis_buffer_enable =  true

    • Create uriworkermap.properties under {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number} and copy the content below into it./cfformgateway/* = cfusion
      /CFFormGateway/* = cfusion
      /flex2gateway/* = cfusion
      /flex2gateway = cfusion
      /cffileservlet/* = cfusion
      /CFFileServlet/* = cfusion
      /cfform-internal/* = cfusion
      /flashservices/gateway/* = cfusion
      /flex-internal/* = cfusion
      /rest/* = cfusion
      /*.cfml/* = cfusion
      /*.mxml = cfusion
      /*.as = cfusion
      /*.cfm = cfusion
      /*.cfm/* = cfusion
      /*.swc = cfusion
      /*.cfml = cfusion
      /*.cfc = cfusion
      /*.cfc/* = cfusion
      /*.cfr = cfusion
      /*.cfswf = cfusion
      /*.sws = cfusion
      /*.jsp = cfusion
      /*.hbmxml = cfusion

    • Create workers.properties under {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number} and copy the content below. Make sure that the port mentioned is the same as the connector port mentioned for protocol "AJP/1.3" in server.xml.worker.list=cfusionworker.cfusion.type=ajp13
      worker.cfusion.host=localhost
      worker.cfusion.port=8012
      worker.cfusion.max_reuse_connections=250

    • Double-click Handler Mappings, click Add Script Map in the Actions panel. Add handlers for cfm, cfc, cfml, cfr, and cfswf extensions and point all of them to {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number}\isapi_redirect.dll.

    • Open IIS Manager, and select the website. Create the virtual directory CFIDE and jakarta.
      • Virtual Directory name CFIDE location {CF-HOME}\cfusion\wwwroot\CFIDE.
      • Virtual Directory name jakarta location {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number}.
      • Select the jakarta virtual directory in the Connections panel.
      • Double-click the Handler Mappings icon in Feature View.
      • Click Edit Feature Permission in the Actions panel.
      • Ensure Execute is selected.

    • Double-click ISAPI Filters and click Add in the Actions panel. Give a Filter name (for example, Tomcat) and point it to {CF-HOME}\config\wsconfig\{magic-number}\isapi_redirect.dll.

    Note:Enable the following features at IIS the level.

    • ISAPI Extensions
    • ISAPI Filters
    • CGI
    • ASP .NET
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      haxtbh
      Inspiring
      August 7, 2015

      On top of all that you will need to set index.cfm as the default document.

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      Rohit S
      Participating Frequently
      August 6, 2015

      Need support for this asap. Already switched to Windows 10 and web server configuration tool is now broken.

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      haxtbh
      Inspiring
      August 6, 2015

      I would recommend everyone direct all queries and requests to the bug that is open regarding this - Feature#3984812 - Support for IIS 10

      Stuff is more likely to get seen and updated that there.

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      haxtbh
      Inspiring
      July 14, 2015

      There is currently no support for Windows 10 / IIS 10. There is a bug report open about it here - Feature#3984812 - Support for IIS 10

      I can only assume there will be a hot fix coming soon with the changes required to get this working. Whether it will be before Windows 10 is released is anyones guess.

      J
      JorgenSmith
      Participant
      July 29, 2015

      Confirmed, ColdFusion is *not* supported on Windows 10 / RTM / final release version.

      EDIT 2015-08-05: Adobe, can we have a status update please?

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