lol, While reading this I was in the middle of reinstalling ColdFusion 11 on a new PC running Windows 10, low and behold the latest download from Adobe says Windows 10 is not a supported OS....
Go figure. Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au> wrote: > Hey Mike, > > I can't vouch for ColdFusion 9, but I don't recall Adobe actually updating > the installer to work on Windows 8+. What you are experiencing seems to > point to that as an issue. > > Now there is a known hack, but it is really use at your own risk, to > extract the install files and install everything manually. The installer > used prior to Windows 8, would have issues that you describe. > > When using the connectors, these must be run elevated as well. > > ColdFusion 10 and ColdFusion 11 as they both have the new updated > installers, should work on Windows 10 as they do work on Windows 8. But I > just can't vouch for ColdFusion 9, if it has these update installers or not. > > > Regards, > Andrew Scott > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Mike K <afpwebwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Charlie, I'm grateful to you for your willingness to step up, as always. >> You've been an asset to the community for a long time, and so it continues. >> >> >> All i wanted to do, was upgrade my windows. I have 4 machines all >> running Windows 7 (one with Win7 ultimate, 2 with Win7 Pro, and 1 with >> WIn7Home Premium. ) Being cautious ever since an awful experience with >> Windows95 years ago, I started with my WIn7Home Premium laptop, which I >> dont use very often. If it went pear-shaped on that machine it wouldn't >> be a big deal. And i can take as long as I need to get it worked out >> before I need to upgrade all the other machines. >> >> So I upgraded the Windows on that laptop. Went swimmingly. Just as >> advertised. Took me a couple of hours to get a human to talk to me at >> Microsoft so I could find out how to get hold of the installer so I didnt >> have to download it all 4 times, but finally i got what I needed. >> I upgraded my windows and started testing all the applications I had >> loaded on there. To my surprise everything worked. Just as they had >> previously, but with a better look. And to my amazement, the new >> Microsoft browser looks at first glance to be a fine piece of work. >> (But I have yet to give it a real good workout) And Bing is no better >> than it used to be. >> >> But when I went to check how my dev versions of my sites ran, I came >> into problems. They are built on CF9 Enterprise. >> >> My Apache didnt run. Wouldn't start. I could have debugged it and >> got it working maybe, but I figured that I didnt know enough about IIS, and >> I own a server that serves pages with IIS, and i really need to know more >> about IIS. So. why not take this opportunity to start using IIS in my >> dev environment. How hard can it be??? So I just left Apache >> alone. I removed it from the list of programs that auto start on reboot >> and that's where it stayed. >> >> HAH!!!! You'd think I would learn wouldnt you. These things NEVER >> run smoothly for me. Never have, so why would I expect this to be any >> different? >> >> I installed the IIS components, taking a guess as to what elements I'd >> be needing if all i was doing was using it as a web server for my >> ColdFusion sites and maybe a simple static site or two. I loaded a >> static site into it and it worked fine. Great. I can assume IIS is >> working ok, even if I'm not 100% i have all the required components. >> >> Now all I have to do is connect my CF9 to IIS and run a CF site on it and >> I can relax. If only! >> >> So if you've followed this thread you'll see that I started out just >> trying to add IIS using the Web Connector tool. That didnt work. It >> just hung, and never got to the point of offering me the web servers it's >> found for me to select. The dialog box opened and it started searching >> for web servers installed on the machine and that's where it stayed. >> >> So i figured maybe what I'll do is uninstall CF9 and reinstall it. That >> way I can eliminate Apache from everything, in case that was the problem. >> >> I did that 3 times all with the same result. I installed CF9 as each >> of the variants offered in the install routine. Each time it would >> install apparently fine, but hang at the last point where it's connecting >> to the web server. >> >> That's where I'm up to. I don't know whether a Windows10/CF9 >> combination is EVER going to work, or I need to go to a later version of >> CF. (I am sticking with CF9 because that's what 's on my server, and I >> like to have my dev environment as similar to the production environment as >> I can get. But I can upgrade if that's the only way to go to Win10. I >> guess I'm going to have to update CF sooner or later, but I have no need >> yet because of clients needing the newer features or anything like that. >> I dont want to go to that expense just to stay near the cutting edge. >> I'll upgrade when/if there's a client need. ) >> >> >> I want to upgrade all my machines to Windows10 for reasons unrelated to >> web development. There are some problems with another app that we use for >> the radio station programming that are unstable and need upgrading. It's >> not urgent but we have a year before Win10 is no longer free. >> >> So I dont know what to do next. I suspect one option might be "just >> wait till Adobe provide a fix." >> >> Do you have any suggestions? >> >> >> >> Cheers >> Mike Kear >> Windsor, NSW, Australia >> Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer >> AFP Webworks >> http://afpwebworks.com >> ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "cfaussie" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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