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clee_usace
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December 23, 2014
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Why are we getting 'Coldfusion 10 application server cannot be found'?

  • December 23, 2014
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Our ColdFusion 10 Application Server would not start. It was running fine since server inception back in July until I got back to the office from vacation yesterday. Looking at the Event Viewer 'application' log, it's showing the following message:

"The description for Event ID 259 from source ColdFusion 10 Application Server cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event: ColdFusion 10 Application Server."

I thought that the issue was caused by Hotfix 14. So I manually removed the hotfix and rebooted the server couple of times. However, ColdFusion still wouldn't start. Has anyone came across this issue before? I look forward to your response. Thanks.

Best regards,

Chung Lee

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ruocco
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August 4, 2015

I had this and it turned out to be a problem with Java auto updating. The auto update removed the version of Java the jvm.config was looking at and placing the new version in a different folder. When you attempted to start the ColdFusion services error 'Event ID 259' would come up.

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    sdsinc_pmascari
    Legend
    June 7, 2016

    FYI...just had same issue happen to me on CF11.  Ruocco is correct.  A Java auto update was to blame.  After re-installing Java we're back up and running.  Turned off Auto-update using MSConfig.

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      clee_usaceAuthor
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      December 29, 2014

      Hello Everybody,

      Hope you all had a great Christmas.

      I would like to check in to see if anybody has an opinion on this issue? Thank you so much.

      Best regards,

      Chung

      Carl Von Stetten
      Carl Von Stetten
      Legend
      December 23, 2014

      I don't think ColdFusion provides detailed information to the Windows Event logs, which is why you get kind of a misleading message in your event log.  You need to dig into the ColdFusion logs within your installation folder.  So go to <drive letter>:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\logs, and take a look at the "coldfusion-error.log" and maybe "exception.log".  You might also take a look at log files within <drive letter>:\ColdFusion\config\wsconfig and its subfolders.

      Let us know if you find any error messages added to the logs when you attempt to start the server.

      Also, you might try launching ColdFusion from the command line using the "cfstart.bat" script found in the <drive letter>:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\bin folder and see if any errors show in the command window.

      -Carl V.

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      clee_usaceAuthor
      Known Participant
      December 23, 2014

      Hello Carl V.,

      Thank you for you reply. I digged through the coldfusion-error.log and the exception.log and came across errors that were last generated on 12/17/2014. On the exception.log, it's showing the following:

      "Error","Thread-17","12/17/14","15:15:54",,"Could not initialize class java.awt.Toolkit"

      java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.Toolkit

          at java.awt.Component.<clinit>(Unknown Source)

          at coldfusion.document.JPedalFontRegistry.init(JPedalFontRegistry.java:40)

          at coldfusion.document.DocumentServiceImpl.initializeDocumentService(DocumentServiceImpl.java:211)

          at coldfusion.document.DocumentServiceImpl.access$000(DocumentServiceImpl.java:52)

          at coldfusion.document.DocumentServiceImpl$1.run(DocumentServiceImpl.java:180)

      "Error","localhost-startStop-1","12/17/14","15:15:55",,"Unable to initialise JAI service: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java.awt.Toolkit"

      java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java.awt.Toolkit

          at sun.awt.AppContext$2.run(Unknown Source)

          at sun.awt.AppContext$2.run(Unknown Source)

          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

          at sun.awt.AppContext.initMainAppContext(Unknown Source)

          at sun.awt.AppContext.access$200(Unknown Source)

          at sun.awt.AppContext$3.run(Unknown Source)

          at sun.awt.AppContext$3.run(Unknown Source)

          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

          at sun.awt.AppContext.getAppContext(Unknown Source)

          at javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance(Unknown Source)

          at coldfusion.server.CFService.setupImageProviders(CFService.java:707)

          at coldfusion.server.CFService.start(CFService.java:690)

          at coldfusion.server.j2ee.CFStartUpServlet.startCFService(CFStartUpServlet.java:110)

          at coldfusion.server.j2ee.CFStartUpServlet.init(CFStartUpServlet.java:86)

          at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)

          at coldfusion.bootstrap.ClassloaderHelper.initServletClass(ClassloaderHelper.java:121)

          at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.init(BootstrapServlet.java:59)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1284)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1197)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1087)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5210)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5493)

          at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)

          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)

          at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

          at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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