HOWTO: Running FotoWeb on Windows Server x64

Information in this article applies to

• Windows Server 2003 x64
• Windows Server 2008 x64
• FotoWeb 6.0 and above

INTRODUCTION

Since FotoWeb 6.0 no longer relies on a physical hardware protection key (‘dongle’) that was only available with 32-bit Windows drivers, it is now possible to run FotoWeb in a 64-bit Windows environment.

It should be noted that FotoWeb itself is still a 32-bit and relies on the 32-bit subsystem that Microsoft includes in its 64-bit operating systems known as WOW64 (Windows-32-on-Windows-64).

More information about Microsoft’s WOW64 subsystem can be found in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOW64

Furthermore, it should also be noted that since FotoWeb requires IIS (Internet Information Services) to run, 32-bit mode must be enabled in IIS. By doing so, IIS will no longer be able to run 64-bit web applications. This is due to the fact that you cannot mix 32-bit and 64-bit web applications on the same server.

More information about running 32-bit applications on a 64-bit server can be found in this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/0aafb9a0-1b1c-4a39-ac9a-994adc902485.mspx?mfr=true

REQUIREMENTS

• Latest FotoWeb 6.0 installer
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
• Microsoft IIS 6.0 (IIS 7.0 on Server 2008)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 32-bit

PROCEDURE (For Windows Server 2003 before Service Pack 2)

• Install IIS on the server through Control Panel | Windows Components.
• Open a command prompt and navigate to the %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts directory.
• Type in the following command and press ENTER
  cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 “true”
• In the command prompt, navigate to %systemdrive%\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 directory.
• Type in the following command and press ENTER
  aspnet_regiis.exe -i
• Install and configure FotoWeb according to the manual.

PROCEDURE (For Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 or later)

• Install IIS by adding the server roles
• %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:applicationPools -applicationPoolDefaults.enable32BitAppOnWin64:true
  
• Open a command prompt and navigate to the %systemdrive%\Inetpub\AdminScripts directory.
• Type in the following command and press ENTER
  cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 true
• In the command prompt, navigate to %systemdrive%\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 directory.
• Type in the following command and press ENTER
  aspnet_regiis.exe -i
• Install and configure FotoWeb according to the manual.

 PROCEDURE (For Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7.0)

• Precondition: Web server role installed on the server
• Open a command prompt and type in the following command followed by ENTER:
  %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd set config -section:applicationPools -applicationPoolDefaults.enable32BitAppOnWin64:true
• Install and configure FotoWeb according to the manual.