Installing Coldfusion - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-ADMINISTRING COLDFUSION SERVER Manual

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You can also check the Services icon in the Windows Control Panel or open your
Web server administration utility to determine if your Web server is started or
stopped.

Installing ColdFusion

The installation procedure assumes you are installing from a CD. If you purchased and
downloaded ColdFusion from the Allaire Online Store, follow the download
instructions found there. Then follow the install procedure below, skipping step 2.
We recommend that you close all open applications before running the Setup
program. This will ensure proper installation of the ODBC 3.0 drivers.
Note
To install ColdFusion on Windows:
1. Log in to your system using the administrator's account or an account that is part
of the Administrator's group.
2. Insert the ColdFusion Server v4.5 CD into your CD drive or access it from your
network jukebox (Enterprise users).
3. Click Start>Run to display the Run dialog box.
4. Enter the path where the ColdFusion Setup.exe resides or click Browse to drill
down to it.
5. Click OK.
The ColdFusion v4.5 Setup program starts and displays the ColdFusion Setup
Welcome page.
Because of a problem in the way Verity handles indexing, ColdFusion
must be installed to a directory path that contains no spaces in the path
name. This restriction is necessary so that ColdFusion can properly
access Verity collections.
Administering ColdFusion Server