Starting and Stopping ColdFusion Service

When you install ColdFusion Server, the program assumes that you're going to want it running all the time and it automatically configures your system accordingly. When you reboot your system after the program installation, ColdFusion will begin to run, and won't stop unless you manually turn off its services.

In most cases, there's never really much reason to turn ColdFusion off, but there are a few instances when you might need to. You might need to upgrade your Web server or ColdFusion software at some point, and this will require shutting down the program.

To do this, click the Stop-Start icon in ColdFusion's program group. After logging in with the administrator password, you'll see a dialog like ...

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