Browser won't open .cfm file

[MNDan]

I've installed a developer edition of CF 6.1 on Windows XP with Apache 2.2. For some reason, the browser (both IE and Firefox) refuse to open the cfm files. They ask me to use a different program or save it to the hard drive. This does not happen with cfm files from the Web. I suppose this might really be a Windows problem, but any ideas?

[Newsgroup_User]

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"MNDan" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I've installed a developer edition of CF 6.1 on Windows XP with Apache
> 2.2.
> For some reason, the browser (both IE and Firefox) refuse to open the cfm
> files. They ask me to use a different program or save it to the hard
> drive.
> This does not happen with cfm files from the Web. I suppose this might
> really
> be a Windows problem, but any ideas?
>

[BKBK]

1) Close antivirus and firewall programs. Restart the Coldfusion Server service.

2) Run the Web Server Configuration Tool, either via

Start => Programs => Macromedia => Coldfusion MX 7 => Web Server Configuration Tool

or by launching the executable C:\CFusionMX7\runtime\bin\wsconfig.exe.

3) Remove Apache and any other third-party webservers you may have connected to Coldfusion. If there is none, do nothing.

4) Restart the Coldfusion Server service. Run the Web Server Configuration Tool. Use the Add button to add Apache.

[speedpedal]

MNDan,

CFMX 6.1 on Apache 2.2/Windows is not supported. It is supported though on UNIX/Linux - (see official technote)

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=8001e97

If you still want to pursue this, here is a good guide from one of the bloggers out there -

http://www.mc-kenna.com/articles/coldfusion-mx-61-apache-22-windows/

Hope this helps.

[BKBK]

MNDan, you're installing, so why don't you just move up to the current version of Apache, i.e. Apache 2.2. 3.