Starting and Stopping ColdFusion

Normally, ColdFusion services are started during ColdFusion setup and configured to run whenever you start your system. However, if you need to start ColdFusion services, you need to do so from the Services Control Panel on Windows NT or the system tray on Windows 95 and Windows 98.

Windows NT

During setup, ColdFusion is installed as a system service in Windows NT. Ordinarily, ColdFusion is launched at startup time. To manage how the service is run, use the Services Control Panel in Windows NT.

To prevent ColdFusion from running at startup:

Open the Services Control Panel.
Select the Allaire ColdFusion Express Server service.
Click Stop to halt the service immediately, click Startup to configure startup options for ColdFusion.

Windows 95 and Windows 98

Since Windows 95 and Windows 98 do not have a services architecture, ColdFusion must be run as an ordinary executable.

When ColdFusion is running in Windows 95 or 98, two icons appear in the system tray found in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen: one represents the ColdFusion Express Administrator and one the ColdFusion Express server. The former is called the ColdFusion Express IDE icon.

To halt the ColdFusion service or to access the ColdFusion Administrator, right mouse click the IDE service icon.

To run ColdFusion at startup, place a shortcut for the ColdFusion Express server icon in the Startup program group.

Stopping ColdFusion

Stopping Allaire ColdFusion Express Server service may be necessary in the following instances:

To install a new ODBC driver package
To replace or upgrade your Web server software
To upgrade or reinstall your ColdFusion program files
To update or replace database files