Problems with 64 bit ColdFusion 8 on 64 bit Vista IIS7

Hey all, I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I installed IIS 7, which seems to work fine, then I installed ColdFusion 8, the new 64 bit version. Installation seemed to go fine, but when it tried to run the CF Admin setup program - you know, when it runs it for the first time it takes a couple minutes to initialize the server - I get an IIS 7 403 error: HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map. Fair enough, right? I checked IIS and there's no CFM file handler, or connector, or anything. Ok, next step then is to run the Web Server Config Tool. The connector list is empty. When I try to add my IIS server to the CF connectors, it doesn't let me pick my IIS web site (because it found none), and the OK button is disabled. Anybody have any troubleshooting advice before I switch to Apache? I would really rather use IIS7. -- nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/

Hi, Looks like coldfusion couldn't configure IIS properly during installation.Could you please check the following: 1)Check if IIS is started in services and port 80(or any port on which IIS is running)is not being used by any other process. 2)Goto controlpanel->Administrative tools->IIS manager and check the site to which you are configuring to (say Default Website ) is running. 3)Goto controlpanel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows features on or off   under IIS ->Web Management Tools  select all check boxes under IIS6 Management Compatibility. Please restart IIS after that and try configuring IIS through wsconfig. If you have any further queries please mail to asha@adobe.com Thanks, Asha. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Everyone, thanks for the help. I would have replied sooner, but, oh wow, what a bad week :( Asha, your item # 3 was exactly the problem. I did not have the IIS 6 compatibility stuff installed. I didn't realize that was important... Strange that it's required to make the connector work with IIS 7. Meh. new technology. Jason's link to the article at communitymx also details the process with screenshots on page 2. Thanks, everybody. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

There are 2 caveats when installing Coldfusion 8.01, and it has to be Coldfusion8.01 to work under 64bit Vista. I fell into this trap big time, searched high and low for the answer as well. The solution is first, MUST run Coldfusion installer as an administrator. Otherwise the connectors will not get installed. Secondly, if you have done that and still get the problem. You will need to check your application pool settings and see if has 32bit enabled. If it has then you need to run the connector setup as an administrator, set it up to IIS as usual but select 32 bit coldfusion (or whatever it is labeld as ). If you are not aware of these 2 issues, you will not even know about the problem. HTH ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

I just went through a similar problem with 404.3 on a fresh install of Vista, IIS7 and CF8.  When I tried to add the handler for .cfc/.cfm, IIS said that a CGI or ISAPI module must be installed first.  I had to go back and add all of the Web Management Tools for IIS7 (Programs and Features>Turn windows features on or off>IIS>Web Management Tools). After adding the tools, I was able to add the handlers and CF Admin loaded fine. Hey all, I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I installed IIS 7, which seems to work fine, then I installed ColdFusion 8, the new 64 bit version. Installation seemed to go fine, but when it tried to run the CF Admin setup program - you know, when it runs it for the first time it takes a couple minutes to initialize the server - I get an IIS 7 403 error: HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map. Fair enough, right? I checked IIS and there's no CFM file handler, or connector, or anything. Ok, next step then is to run the Web Server Config Tool. The connector list is empty. When I try to add my IIS server to the CF connectors, it doesn't let me pick my IIS web site (because it found none), and the OK button is disabled. Anybody have any troubleshooting advice before I switch to Apache? I would really rather use IIS7. -- nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/

This is where I found my info... http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=224AA Hey all, I'm running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. I installed IIS 7, which seems to work fine, then I installed ColdFusion 8, the new 64 bit version. Installation seemed to go fine, but when it tried to run the CF Admin setup program - you know, when it runs it for the first time it takes a couple minutes to initialize the server - I get an IIS 7 403 error: HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the extension configuration. If the page is a script, add a handler. If the file should be downloaded, add a MIME map. Fair enough, right? I checked IIS and there's no CFM file handler, or connector, or anything. Ok, next step then is to run the Web Server Config Tool. The connector list is empty. When I try to add my IIS server to the CF connectors, it doesn't let me pick my IIS web site (because it found none), and the OK button is disabled. Anybody have any troubleshooting advice before I switch to Apache? I would really rather use IIS7. -- nathan strutz http://www.dopefly.com/