When I say CF way, I mean any way using a CFM template. The older Jrun method that I cited is a "CF way", since the Java method is called from within a CFSCRIPT tag. I know the underlying code is Java, but the restart is still achieved by running a CFM template.
Btw, you certainly can restart Windows from within MS-Word. You just write a little VB macro to access the command shell.
In fact, your MS-Word analogy was helpful; I now have a CFM template that restarts the CF application server (or Tomcat instance, if you want to call it that) using a similar method. Not the best nor the most elegant method, but it works quickly and robustly. Meanwhile, I'll wait for <cfrestartmyserver>...
That's two solutions I've found today, I'm on a roll 