We all know that you can export ColdFusion Server settings from one server and import them into another server, but this functionality is only available on Enterprise edition servers which makes migrating Standard servers a bit of a pain.

As you may know, the Developer edition of ColdFusion server has all the functionality of the Enterprise edition so why not just revert your server back to Developer edition so you can export your settings.  Sounds easy enough, just log into the admin and enter "Developer" into the serial number field and update. But no....this is actually an invalid serial number. So what we need to do is manualy modify the file that contains your ColdFusion server license called "license.properties".  This file can be found in the "<CFINSTALL>\lib" directory, so if you have a default install for ColdFusion 8 it would be in "C:\Coldfusion8\lib\license.properties".

The file will look something like this:

#CF License File
#Mon Jul 05 23:36:03 EST 2010
appserver=0V\=LUFWP]J(Z^V)[G?G5'C@  \n
code=-4579634782920590441
sn=1234567890123456
listen=true
user=
trial_sn=
installlanguage=en
installtype=standalone
company=
previous_sn=
vendor=0V\=LUFWP]J(Z^V)[G?G5'C@  \n

What you need to do is change the "sn" value from your serial number to "Developer", restart your ColdFusion server and presto! you can now export your ColdFusion server settings.  Make sure you save your serial number so you can change it back once you are done.

This same method applies for Coldfusion7/8 and 9.