I have been using ColdFusion 2016 for about 5 months without problem. Two days ago I suddenly could not access the built in server, receiving such messages as:
127.0.0.1 refused to connect. in Opera and ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED in Chrome.
I thought it could be a firewall issue, since when booting up I saw a message saying that another app (Akamai NetSession) was being blocked and that Windows Firewall had made some changes. However on checking the firewall, ColdFusion Server is being allowed through (as are Opera Chrome, etc).
I tried to start CFServer from a command prompt, but after navigating to the bin directory and typing ColdFusion.exe start I got no message of any kind.
I am on port 8501 with the server (8500 was used by and old version of CF11) but have never had any running problems.
I noted that the IIS start page appears on 127.0.0.1 when I checked the relevant options - so localhost is not completely disabled.
I am not an expert on server issues. Anyone any ideas? Thanks in advance for comments.