Installing developer edition

Report · Apr 18, 2008

I have a PC using Vista Home edition and I have Dreamweaver 8 installed.

I downloaded the developer edition and installed it as a standalone. At the end of the installation process when I see the message "Step 1 completed successfully" (or similiar to that), I click on the "done" button to log in to the administrator and I get an error message saying it can't find http://127.0.1:8500/CFIDE/admnistrator/index.cfm. I tried the url http://localhost/ and that didn't work.

Edited original message:

I got to thinking that maybe it was the Vista firewall causing the problem so I added port 8500 and configured it to allow 127.0.0.1:8500. I uninstalled and then re-installed. It didn't help. I ran into the same problem.

However, the CF administrator did load in the browser. I entered my password and it took a long time, but the server did configure. I don't know if adding the port helped because I tried entering my password before and it took such a long time, I thought it was stuck on the configuration. Maybe I never had a problem to begin with.

Report · Apr 18, 2008

It is

http://127.0.0.1:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm
or

http://localhost:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

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Ken Ford
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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have a PC using Vista Home edition and I have Dreamweaver 8 installed.
>
> I downloaded the developer edition and installed it as a standalone. At
> the
> end of the installation process when I see the message "Step 1 completed
> successfully" (or similiar to that), I click on the "finish" button and I
> get
> an error message saying it can't find http://127.0.0.1:port8500. I get a
> command prompt and the browser shows a log in page, but my password won't
> work.
> I tried the url http://localhost/ and that didn't work either.
>
> Is there something that could be blocking port 8500? Anti-virus software
> or
> Dreamweaver? I don't have a firewall other than what Vista provides.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
> Harlene
>

Report · Apr 21, 2008

I ran into other problems so I started all over.

I didn't remember the error message correctly. When I click on the "done" button (after completing the first step of installation), the error says: "Windows cannot find http://127.0.0.1:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm."

Report · Apr 21, 2008

See if following this tutorial helps:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_coldfusion.html

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Ken Ford
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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I ran into other problems so I started all over.
>
> I didn't remember the error message correctly. When I click on the "done"
> button (after completing the first step of installation), the error says:
> "Windows cannot find http://127.0.0.1:8500/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm."
>

Report · Apr 21, 2008

thanks, I'll check it out.

Report · Apr 21, 2008

I installed it just as the tutorial shows and unfortunately, the tutorial doesn't offer troubleshooting help. I followed links in the article to the live docs and then to troubleshooting but my problem isn't listed.

Report · Apr 21, 2008

What operating system and what version of ColdFusion are you trying to use?

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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I installed it just as the tutorial shows and unfortunately, the tutorial
> doesn't offer troubleshooting help. I followed links in the article to the
> live
> docs and then to troubleshooting but my problem isn't listed.
>
>

Report · Apr 21, 2008

Vista Home Premium
CF 8

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Completely uninstall ColdFusion, including its' install folder.

Then try using IIS and install ColdFusion to use IIS.

Click Start and then click Control Panel.

In Control Panel, click Programs and then click Turn on or off Windows
Features.

In the Windows Features dialog box, click Internet Information Services and
then use the settings in the image below:

http://www.fordwebs.com/examples/images/iisfeatures.jpg

After you install IIS, reinstall ColdFusion.

Select the Server Configuration and then All IIS websites.

Your ColdFusion Admin should then be at
http://127.0.0.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

Your websites will then go in the C:\inetpub\wwwroot folder, like
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite

The address for the site would then be http://127.0.0.1/mysite

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Ken Ford
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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium
> CF 8

Report · Apr 22, 2008

deleted my message to retry the steps. I just realized that I had forgotten to delete the installer that I had previously downloaded.

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Did you try:

http://127.0.0.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm

Other than that I would suggest contacting Adobe Support. I am not 100%
sure, but I think they provide free technical support for installation
issues.

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Ken Ford
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Fordwebs, LLC
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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I followed each of the steps you listed and made sure I used the settings
>in
> the image you indicated. During the installation process, I made sure
> "All IIS
> websites" was selected. The installation showed the path
> "C:\inetpub/wwwroot"
> like you showed.
>
> It didn't fix the problem.
>
> The "installation complete" window says "to continue, log in to the
> Confguration Wizard at http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm". I
> click on "done" and I get I get a Windows\system32\cmd.exe window and the
> same
> error message dialog box "Windows cannot find
> ' http://127.0.0.1/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm'. Make sure you typed the
> name
> correctly, and then try again" and the CF Administrator Login window opens
> in
> my browser.
>
> Could this be a Windows Vista firewall problem? Should I uninstall,
> disable
> the firewall, and try your steps again?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Ken, is your site down? I've trying to connect to the image showing the IIS features in order to try one more time. I continue to get time out error messages. I've tried it 2 different browsers.

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Ken, I just tried re-installing with a new installer and I can't choose "Server Configuration". It only allows Multiservier configuration.

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Did you completely uninstall ColdFusion, including the folders?

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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Ken, I just tried re-installing with a new installer and I can't choose
> "Server Configuration". It only allows Multiservier configuration.
>
>

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Yes, I uninstalled the CF application and folders and deleted the install-anywhere folder which was in my download folder. Then I downloaded CF 8 Dev Ed from the Adobe site and tried to install CF. That' when I ran into the problem of not being able to choose "Server Configuration".

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Go to this folder:

C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config

Copy the applicationHost.config file and email it to me as a ZIP file:

newsgroups1@fordwebs.com

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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, I uninstalled the CF application and folders and deleted the
> install-anywhere folder which was in my download folder. Then I
> downloaded CF
> 8 Dev Ed from the Adobe site and tried to install CF. That' when I ran
> into
> the problem of not being able to choose "Server Configuration".
>

Report · Apr 23, 2008

I've really messed things up now. Before sending you the file, I wanted to try everything all over again. I did a system restore to a restore point from Friday. Now when I try to make the IIS changes, the system won't install them. So, I'm guessing that it wouldn't help to send you the file because none of the IIS features were turned on.

I had install problems with CF 7 on a different computer running XP. Adobe wouldn't give me any help because I hadn't paid for the product. I never did get it installed.

So, I'm going to try one more attempt. I'm going to turn the Vista firewall off when I try to install CF8 one more time. Maybe the firewall is blocking the ports CF needs. If that doesn't work, I'm giving up on CF and will learn something else.

Thank you for trying to help me.

Report · Apr 23, 2008

hilandrfan wrote:
> Maybe the firewall is blocking
> the ports CF needs.

That is a very common issue and why the install documents say to turn
off all firewalls and such when doing the install.

Also when things go wrong the first place to look in in the installation
logs ColdFusion creates. It documents every step of the process and
what did or did not go wrong.

Report · Apr 22, 2008

Yes it was down - sorry.

http://www.fordwebs.com/examples/images/iisfeatures.jpg

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"hilandrfan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Ken, is your site down? I've trying to connect to the image showing the
> IIS features in order to try one more time. I continue to get time out
> error messages. I've tried it 2 different browsers.