Installing ColdFusion on Windows 7 with IIS 7

Posted : Jan 10, 2010 11:31 PM by Akbarsait
Tags: Adobe , Windows 7 , ColdFusion , IIS

I have got some problems while installing ColdFusion 8 and configuring IIS7 on my Windows 7 machine. Luckily I got it solved immediately after reading the solution at the web about configuring IIS 7 to work with ColdFusion by Dale Fraser, Paul Kukiel and Sameer Gupta. I don't know why this problem is not yet taken care by Adobe and I heard even with ColdFusion 9 the problem is still exists. Let's hope Adobe will fix this issue with the upcoming ColdFusion 9 Update 1.

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I've installed ColdFusion 9 on 32-bit Windows 7 and the install was flawless, granted you need to ensure the IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility component is installed first, otherwise the ColdFusion connectors cannot interface with IIS 7.

# Posted By Brent Frye | 1/11/10 1:16 AM

When installing ColdFusion on Vista or on Windows Server 2008 you may receive HTTP 404.3 Error, similar to this one:

HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found


Additionally if you run ColdFusion Web Server Configuration Tool, you will see a message saying that IIS components are being installed and could take between 2 to 5 minutes of time.

You can resolve this error by making sure that the two required components of IIS are installed on your system. Namely:

1. ISAPI Extensions
2. IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.

# Posted By Web Design Company | 1/11/10 1:41 AM

@Brent Frye

Yes I agree. It will be great if Adobe add the support for Native IIS modules in ColdFusion 9 which will really helpful and no need to do this manual process.

# Posted By Akbarsait | 1/11/10 3:10 PM

@Web Design Company

Thank for posting the information and I have followed the same steps for running ColdFusion in my Windows 7.

# Posted By Akbarsait | 1/11/10 3:11 PM

Thanks for the information as it applied to my Windows Server 2008/CF9 installation as well. ISAPI Extensions were already configured but I needed to add IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility before I could get into my administrator.

# Posted By John Sieber | 1/19/10 6:05 PM

@John Sieber
Glad it helps and nice to hear it’s works well with 2008 server.

# Posted By Akbarsait | 1/20/10 11:54 PM

Thanks, That was just what I need to get CF9 working on Win7!

# Posted By MercaLoday | 1/22/10 8:13 PM

Hi,

can i install this on windows 7 beta , because i am using windows 7 beta.

Thanks

# Posted By windows 7 | 1/29/10 7:03 AM

Can I install Coldfusion MX7 in Windows 7? Your help will be appreciated.

# Posted By wtc | 7/15/10 3:02 PM

Thanks....this is exactly what I needed. Forgot to install the ISAPI stuff and the Metabase!

# Posted By Alex | 11/2/10 11:15 PM

Have a problem of ColdFusion 9 installation in Vista. Cannot start up the administrator, but the Dreamweaver always come up, is this IIS7 problem or ColdFusion bug? Thank you for your help.

# Posted By Tony | 12/21/10 10:58 AM

I gave up trying to get coldfusion running on my windows machine several months ago, thanks to your post I will give it another go. ta

# Posted By PC support | 2/2/11 9:14 AM

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