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Asked: 2026-05-12T16:54:39+00:00

We are planning to upgrade our test server and to do so we were

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We are planning to upgrade our test server and to do so we were planning on buying a 64 bit machine from Dell running Windows 2008 x64 Web edition.

However, for now we would like to continue to use 32 bit Coldfusion 8.

Is there anything to stop us doing this, or do we have to move to 64 bit Coldfusion 8?

Has anyone had any problems running 32 bit CF on 64 bit Windows recently? I see some people have had issues before (not on Windows however) but I am assured by others that it will work just fine.

Many thanks in advance.
Ciaran

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  1. Editorial Team

    In my experience this works fine. However, you have to change the setup on IIS to allow 32-bit extensions, which (IIRC) disables 64-bit extensions. Which means, basically, that if all you are doing on that machine is running IIS and CF, you might not see any gain. However, if you are running other apps in 64-bit mode, need access to the memory, etc. then go for it.

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