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.

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.

@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.

@Web Design Company

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

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.

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

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

Hi,

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

Thanks

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

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

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.

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