ColdFusion 9 not supported on Windows 7

UPDATE: It is possible to install ColdFusion 9 on Windows 7. Thanks to Paul Kukiel and Terrence Ryan for very quickly pointing this out. Paul points to this blog entry to explain the process. 

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After attending cf.objective() ANZ  I was keen to spin up the release version of ColdFusion 9. I have recently migrated my main environment to Windows 7, and try to run my windows virtual machines in Windows 7 as well.


As you can guess from the post title, ColdFusion 9 is not supported on Windows 7, and indeed during the Web Connector installation on my Windows 7 virtual machine things went pear shape. Technically Windows 7 is very similiar to Vista, but I guess Windows 7 might ship with a new version of IIS which causes problems.

No doubt these problems are surmountable, but in the end I didn't try. I created a Windows XP virtual machine instead. This is another reason why having the capacity to run virtual machines, in my case VMWare Workstation 6.5, is a real boon.

At CFObjective (ANZ) in Melbourne

I am back from my holiday now to the United States and Canada and I made the last minute decision  to attend the inaugural CFObjective (ANZ) conference in Melbourne, Australia. The original CFObjective is a enterprise and advanced ColdFusion conference held yearly in the United States. When I was working with ColdFusion I frequently lusted after this conference and the juicy advanced topics covered. Unfortunately my bosses always (strangely enough) baulked at flying me to the US. It is nice to have a relatively local event to come to.