Virtual Directory and a 2nd website are two different things, so the question I would now ask is that if you go to the IIS configuration settings for the website do you see index.cfm as a default page? If not my guess is that you will need to run the web configuration tool to get it to apply the necessary settings for ColdFusion to run.
Now XP is very old hat, and I would suggest upgrading your OS. If that is not an option then maybe look into something like VirtualBox which will allow you to run a VPS in your system. Now the beauty here is that you can install any *nix flavour that ColdFusion supports and it is at no cost to you. but first look at your IIS settings, my guess is that the Web Configuration tool did not setup the website correctly. Even if it did, any time you delete and remove websites from IIS you will need to re-run the Web Configuration tool. Now on another note, creating a Virtual Directory is also not a real solution and only a temp solution. What I mean by that is that each time you create a Virtual Directory, then the Website has access to all your Virtual Directories. Which in itself is not a bad thing, just not a habit that I would really suggest going down. -- Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Stephen Hait <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've installed CF 10 Developer edition on XP that is running IIS 5.1. I can > get the CF Administrator to come up but cannot figure out how to set up a > virtual directory for testing a CF website. > > I have tried creating a virtual directory, test, in IIS. I placed a simple > .html file and a simple .cfm file in this directory. I modified my hosts > file so that my current IP address 192.168.1.111 is set as test. I can > browse to http://test/index.html and my test .html page displays. But if I > try browsing to http://test/index.cfm I get a Coldfusion error: File not > found: /index.cfm. > > The virtual directory is located under the IIS root: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\. > > Do I need to something more to tell CF where this directory is located?. Is > there a guide somewhere that goes over the steps involved for getting .cfm > pages to be served properly in this setup? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > Stephen > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353415 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
