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, click the Start-Stop icon in the ColdFusion program group. If a password is configured for the Administrator, you will be prompted to enter a password before you can start or stop ColdFusion services.
During setup, ColdFusion is installed as a series of system services in Windows NT. Ordinarily, ColdFusion is launched at startup time. To manage how the services are run, use the Services Control Panel in Windows NT.
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To prevent ColdFusion from running at startup: |
Two scripts are provided to start and stop the ColdFusion processes:
<installdir>/coldfusion/bin/start <installdir>/coldfusion/bin/stop
These scripts can only be run as root. In addition, the ColdFusion installation also installs the following scripts to start and stop ColdFusion during system boot and shutdown:
/etc/init.d/coldfusion /etc/rc1.d/K19coldfusion /etc/rc3.d/S25coldfusion
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:
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 icon in the Startup program group.
Stopping ColdFusion services may be necessary in the following instances:
The Stop/Start Services page can also be used to restart the ColdFusion Server after a critical failure or error. The Start-Stop page is available only from the local workstation. You can move the Start-Stop page to a directory in your Web server document directory. If you do so, you need to make sure the file is secured using your native Web server security.