UGH! Alright I figured this out.
Basically the service was failing because I already had the JAVA_HOME
environment variable set from a previous install of OpenBD.
I did see in the install log that "JAVA_HOME was incorrectly set" so I
promptly changed it to C:\openbd\jdk\bin. I found out that java_home
should be the root of the jdk folder so I tried C:\openbd\jdk. This
still didn't work. Only after I cracked open the "service.bat" file
did I understand how the installer configures the service.

The service.bat file defaults to use the JAVA_HOME environment
variable first and if that does not exist then it uses the JRE_HOME
variable which it sets to "C:\openbd\jdk". Setting JAVA_HOME to C:
\openbd\jdk like I initially thought won't work because it expects
JAVA_HOME to have a different folder structure than the one in "C:
\openbd\jdk". My solution was to just delete the JAVA_HOME variable
via cmd prompt by typing SET "JAVA_HOME=" then using the service.bat
to remove the current OpenBD service (service.bat remove OpenBD) and
re-install a new one (C:\openbd\tomcat\bin>service.bat install
OpenBD).

@Jordan: Shouldn't the installer just default to use JRE_HOME? I
suggest this because you know the location of JRE_HOME will be
correct. Maybe the installer could have a screen that ask if the user
would like to use the JAVA_HOME variable instead of the JRE_HOME for
setting up the service. Or maybe if the installer is smart enough to
detect that JAVA_HOME is incorrect it should be smart enough to use
JRE_HOME. Just a suggestion, I'm sure you want the installer to have
as few screens as possible.

On Jun 3, 12:32 pm, Jordan Michaels <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem with the beta installers was that the version of OpenBD wasn't 
> updated (which, yes, has been fixed). There wasn't anything identifiably 
> wrong with the installers functionality.
>
> For the service, can you give us more information? Are you getting an error 
> message? Are there any clues in the catalina.out log file? 
> (c:\openbd\tomcat\logs\)
>
> -Jordan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron J. White" <[email protected]>
> To: "Open BlueDragon" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:26:07 PM
> Subject: [OpenBD] Re: Can't see cfm pages on 64bit w08
>
> Hey guys, were the installers repaired?
>
> I just used the 2.02 installer for win-64 and it's not working. For
> some reason the OpenBD service won't run. Not sure if my issue is in
> any way related to the one above.
>
> On May 9, 12:55 am, Confused <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Now I have this test machine so hosed I can't even get my simple html page
> > to come up.
> > I'm gonna shelve this until the repaired 64-bit installer is available then
> > make another run at it on a clean machine.
>
> > Tx All ... I'll be back, I'm sure.
>
> > tx,
> > C
>
> > On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:11:01 AM UTC-5, Confused wrote:
>
> > > New issue with the GoDaddy cloud server.
> > > W08, 64bit.
> > > Installed with Jordan's installer.
> > > Made the jakarta virtual.
>
> > > A test html page gets served correctly.
> > > The same page with a cfm extension results in a 500 error:
>
> > >  500 - Internal server error. There is a problem with the resource you
> > > are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.
>
> > > ...Any Ideas where to look?
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > C
>
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