# Starting and Stopping ColdFusion

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.

## Windows NT

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.

| To prevent ColdFusion from running at startup:

1. Open the Services Control Panel.
2. Select the ColdFusion Application Server service.
3. Click Stop to halt the service immediately, click Startup to configure startup options for ColdFusion.

## Solaris

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

## Windows 95 and Windows 98

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

Stopping ColdFusion services may be necessary in the following instances:

- To install a new ODBC driver package
- To replace or upgrade your Web server software
- To upgrade or reinstall your ColdFusion program files
- To update or replace database files

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.