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ColdFusion MX configuration wizard fails when configuring RDS

Issue

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The Macromedia ColdFusion MX Configuration Wizard fails during the RDS phase when it does not have proper file system access.

After completing the ColdFusion MX installation, it is necessary to complete the Configuration Wizard. The first phase of the wizard is configuring Remote Development Services (RDS). During this phase, ColdFusion creates a temporary file, cfadmin.wzd, in the CFIDE directory. If the ColdFusion MX Application Server service account does not have write permissions to the CFIDE directory, then ColdFusion throws an error similar to the following:

 The cause of this exception was: java.io.FileNotFoundException:  C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CFIDE\administrator\cfadmin.wzrd (Access is denied). 

Solution

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Grant the ColdFusion MX Application Server service account read and write access to the CFIDE directory and subdirectories.

Additional Information

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• Rerunning the ColdFusion MX6.1 and 7 Configuration and Settings Wizard

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