ColdFusion 11 IIS Connector ExecuteAppCmd.exe side-by-side config is incorrect - iis

Question

I have a clean developer install of ColdFusion 11 and IIS on Windows 2008 Server R2. When I run the wsconfig.exe (as admin), then I click "Add" I get the following in the console output:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Users\ADMINI~1.CFW\AppData\Local\Tem
p\2\\ExecuteAppCmd\ExecuteAppCmd.exe": CreateProcess error=14001, The applicatio
n has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Pleas
e see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for mo
re detail
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.IISWebSites.getWebS
ites(IISWebSites.java:289)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.IISWebSites.scanMet
abase(IISWebSites.java:66)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.IISWebSites.<init>(
IISWebSites.java:51)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.gui.AddConfigDialog
.getWebServerPanel(AddConfigDialog.java:269)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.gui.AddConfigDialog
.initDialog(AddConfigDialog.java:158)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.gui.AddConfigDialog
.<init>(AddConfigDialog.java:92)
at com.adobe.coldfusion.connector.connectorinstaller.gui.ConfigFrame$2.a
ctionPerformed(ConfigFrame.java:297)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Sour
ce)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Sour
ce)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Sour
ce)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Sour
ce)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=14001, The application has f
ailed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see t
he application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more deta
il
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(Unknown Source)
... 46 more
IIS had these features installed:
Static Content
Default Document
HTTP Errors
ASP.NET
.NET Extensibility
CGI
ISAPI Extensions
ISAPI Filters
HTTP Logging
Windows Authentication
Request Filtering
IP and Domain Restrictions
IIS Management Tools
My initial approach was to use the ColdFusion 11 Lockdown Guide step-by-step for install. I got to the "Run the ColdFusion Web Server Configuration Tool" section before I realized the issue.
After a looking through all my security settings and changing some service login's, I uninstalled ColdFusion (64 bit) and IIS then restarted. I then reinstalled CF11 Development Version using the secure profile and IIS. The web server option I used upon install was to use the built-in server. No further lockdown was done. Same issue.
The ColdFusion Administrator does load on the browser.
The following MS VC++'s are installed:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable - x86 11.0.61030
Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable - x64 11.0.61030
I'm not sure what's off here, any ideas appreciated.

Answer 1

As Chris said, the answer is to make sure you have the correct "bitness" for the MS VC++ redistributable package. The proper download for that package can be found at this link from MS, and a further explanation may be found on my blog at this link.

Answer 2

I found the answer in a bug post:
https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3761543
Since the ColdFusion install is 64-bit it needs a MS C++ 2008 x64 SP1 Redistributable package installed. The ColdFusion install only installs the 32-bit version of 2008.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2092
Once I got that installed, it worked.