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Upgrading ColdFusion 10

Upgrading ColdFusion 10 to the latest version

1. First, you will need to change your ColdFusion service to run as the local system account. To do this:
   1. Click Start-->Administrative Tools-->Services
   2. Find the ColdFusion 10 Application Server service, right-click it, and choose Properties
   3. Click the Log On tab, and select the option for Local System account
   4. Click OK and proceed
2. Log into ColdFusion Administrator
3. Navigate to Security-->Sandbox Security. Uncheck Enable ColdFusion Sandbox Security and click Submit Changes.
4. Restart ColdFusion in the Services section of your VPS.
5. Log back into ColdFusion Administrator
6. Click the Server Updates link, then click Check for updates
7. When you see and available update, click Download and install. The ColdFusion Administrator will notify you that ColdFusion will be restarted.
8. At this point click OK
9. Log back into ColdFusion Administrator, go to Security-->Sandbox Security - check Enable ColdFusion Sandbox Security then click Submit Changes.

The last thing to do is submit a support ticket asking our team to set the ColdFusion service back to the "ColdFusion runtime account" and restart the service.
You can also have our team perform the requirded upgrade to the IIS connector at this time, as described below.

Post-Upgrade: Upgrade the IIS connector

The ColdFusion to IIS connector must be upgraded after applying a ColdFusion 10 Update. After applying the latest update for ColdFusion 10, perform the following steps:

1. Open a command prompt
2. Navigate to C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\runtime\bin:
   cd C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\runtime\bin
3. Open 'wsconfig.exe', issuing it the upgrade parameter:
   .\wsconfig.exe -ws iis -site 0 -upgrade -v

The tool will restart IIS, then you'll be able to continue using ColdFusion.

ColdFusion 10 Mandatory Update

If you happen to have a server on Coldfusion 10 version 282462 or earlier, you will first need to apply the ColdFusion 10 Mandatory Update first. Follow these steps to complete the installation:

1. Download the update's JAR file for the update from Adobe.
2. On your server, open a command prompt as Administrator then navigate to the folder containing the update's JAR file.
3. Launch the JAR with this command:

   java -jar cf10_mdt_updt.jar

4. Follow the installer's instructions, and the update will complete in a couple minutes.

Once the mandatory update has been installed, you'll be able to proceed through the update instructions above.