"This file does not have a program associated with it" (trouble installing)

[PlanetDahmz]

Hi. I need to install ColdFusion onto my computer, but once I get through the first step, I get this popup (note, I have uninstalled 8 and have installed the CF 9 Developer edition).

I take it that it doesn't recognize how to open ".cfm" files? I go into my Control Panel and try using different programs, such as IE or FireFox, but I still get this message whenever I go to CF in the Start menu and select "Getting started..." or "Administrator".

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

-Reed

[Adam Cameron.]

It looks to me like the web server connector failed (which it does, sometimes), so the web server doesn't know what to do with CFM requests (ie: pass them to CF for processing), so instead just returns the file to the browser.

Run wsconfig, delete any connection it suggests it has, and add the connection back again.

wsconfig should be in your [JRun]/bin dir, or... I think [ColdFusion]/runtime/bin dir, depending on whether you're running multi-server or stand-alone CF.

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Adam

[PlanetDahmz]

Hm, well I just pasted the "administrator.cfm" link into Firefox and this finally popped up. It's taking a bit to load, but I'm hoping this will work.

[Adam Cameron.]

Well that's what you want to see.  Looks like it's working OK.  I wouldn't worry too much about the links in your start menu.  Just bookmark the CFAdmin page in your browser.

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Adam

[PlanetDahmz]

When I go to wsconfig, it opens up Dreamweaver (??)

[Adam Cameron.]

If you double-click on wsconfig.exe, it opens up DreamWeaver?!

Do a virus scan.

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Adam

[PlanetDahmz]

Hmmm, this file is wsconfig_jvm.config

[Adam Cameron.]

OK, well that's not an executable, so you can't •run• it.

You should be running the executable: wsconfig.exe.

But if CF is actually running OK and serving up pages, you don't need

to bother. No need to try to fix something that isn't broken!

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Adam