LaunchAnywhere error - Unable to locate executable

[ianders1]

I hear that my hosting service is upgrading to CF MX 7 later this week, so I
get the bright idea to download and install the new Developer version. I've
installed it 4 times now, and it fails each time. I've scoured this forum and
the Support area, but can't find the error I'm getting. I'm installing on my
local box (XP SP2) , the Windows Developer version, and after faling to install
the first time, it keeps installing 98% correctly. The CF server is fine,
other than not being able to render Flash forms, but that's another subject.
The Verity K2 server is not installing. At all. During the (clean, not
upgrade) install, it says it's installing the 'Merge' application or something
and then it gives me the pop-up stating 'LaunchAnywhere error - Unable to
locate executable' and I have to click Ok to continue. It finishes and all is
good other than not having installed Verity, I verified the D5 Checksum,
disabled Norton, changed the environmental variables to C:\Temp, etc. but no
luck. The only 'unusual' thing I'm doing is not installing it on my C drive.
I'm running short on room on it, so I'm putting it on the root of another local
(IDE) drive. At this point, I'll probably just wait for my host to upgrade,
but then I won't be able to use RDS and all the other good stuff that comes
with a dev server. Can anyone help me get it up and running?

[Dean Harmon]

Try setting your temp directory to a place that has a lot of room, since you
said your c: drive is running low on space. The merge module is basically a
sub installer, so if it doesn't have enough space to do it's thing it will
fail. If the MD5 checksum is correct, that should be the only thing
missing.

Alternatively, you can choose not to install the verity services from the
ColdFusion installer and run it (the verity installer) separately. You
would then have to configure ColdFusion for this service, but it's fairly
trivial. The docs explain it here:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=part_ins.htm

I know that it says to run it on a different box or if you are using and
EAR/WAR deployment, but the same also holds true for standalone/multi server
deployments as well

Dean

Post by ianders1
I hear that my hosting service is upgrading to CF MX 7 later this week, so I
get the bright idea to download and install the new Developer version.

I've

Post by ianders1
installed it 4 times now, and it fails each time. I've scoured this forum and
the Support area, but can't find the error I'm getting. I'm installing on my
local box (XP SP2) , the Windows Developer version, and after faling to install
the first time, it keeps installing 98% correctly. The CF server is fine,
other than not being able to render Flash forms, but that's another subject.
The Verity K2 server is not installing. At all. During the (clean, not
upgrade) install, it says it's installing the 'Merge' application or something
and then it gives me the pop-up stating 'LaunchAnywhere error - Unable to
locate executable' and I have to click Ok to continue. It finishes and all is
good other than not having installed Verity, I verified the D5 Checksum,
disabled Norton, changed the environmental variables to C:\Temp, etc. but no
luck. The only 'unusual' thing I'm doing is not installing it on my C drive.
I'm running short on room on it, so I'm putting it on the root of another local
(IDE) drive. At this point, I'll probably just wait for my host to upgrade,
but then I won't be able to use RDS and all the other good stuff that comes
with a dev server. Can anyone help me get it up and running?

[ianders1]

Dean, Thanks for the reply. My C drive actually has several gigs free, but I
tried changing the temp directory to another fairly empty drive, but again, it
didn't work. I even tried moving the install file to the C drive and
installing it on the C drive, without success there, either. Also, I would
install the Verity component separately - I actually found that link earlier -
but you need to put in a serial # to access the download page and as I'm trying
to install the (free) Developer edition, I don't have one. Thank you for the
advice, though. Maybe you or someone else has some other ideas on how to
resolve this. I'll let you know if I figure it out. Thanks, Ian

[ianders1]

Ok, figured it out - I wasn't rebooting after changing the environmental
variables. My username in C:\Documents and Settings\ is 2 words, with a space,
not to mention the space between Documents and Settings. Apparently
LaunchAnywhere's installer doesn't like spaces. I found this tip, here:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/
wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00000058.htm alexhubner
said on Feb 16, 2005 at 8:00 PM : Regarding the install abort after extracting
files (spaces on TMP variables and incomplete download - which happens with
Windows too), is also a good idea (if nothing else works): 1) Delete all
existent files inside your TEMP folders (eg. 'C:\WINNT\TEMP'), inclunding your
profile temp foder (eg. 'Document and Settings\alex\Local Settings\Temp') 2)
Download 'coldfusion-70-win.exe' again and save it in a folder that also does
NOT contains spaces (CF installer will use this folder to extract files too)
such as (C:\temp); 3) Perform a Windows DiskClean (yes I'm very obstinate) on
C: (or whatever you're installing CF7); 4) Reboot your computer; 5) Use the
'coldfusion-70-win.exe' file you've saved on the folder without spaces. Good
Luck! (I know it sounds weird, but it worked with me and many other folks -
original trick from
http://www.cfgigolo.com/archives/2004/10/problemas_de_in_1.html) Hope this
helps everyone.