On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Sam Takoy <sam.ta...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Actually, I download the .zip version of Tomcat. I installed the service > using the "service install" command. So now I'm wondering, given my current > situation, how to activate the system tray option. > > Since I'm running Windows Server 2008 (64 bit) as my development server and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit) as my production server, I decided to give this a go. 1. Searched google for the following: tomcat windows service system tray 2. The first search result in the list of search results was the following: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/setup.html 3. Went to that page and read the following: - *Tray icon*: When Tomcat is run as a service, there will not be any tray icon present when Tomcat is running. Note that when choosing to run Tomcat at the end of installation, the tray icon will be used even if Tomcat was installed as a service. - Refer to the Windows Service HOW-TO<http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/windows-service-howto.html> for information on how to manage Tomcat as a Windows service. 4. I didn't quite understand the first bulleted item above (at all; i'll be waiting for someone to respond about my lack of understanding about that first bulleted item above), so I proceeded to the Windows Service HOW-TO page, since it was referenced in the second bulleted item 5. On the Windows Service HOW-TO page, it stated the following: *Tomcat7w monitor application* *Tomcat7w* is a GUI application for monitoring and configuring Tomcat services. The available command line options are: //ES//Edit service configurationThis is the default operation. It is called if the no option is provided but the executable is renamed to* servicenameW.exe*//MS//Monitor servicePut the icon in the system try 6. All of that was so very understandable, that I decided to give it a try, even though i have 'no' need for a system tray option, since I created a shortcut to tomcat7w.exe and dragged the shortcut to the Start menu, and that surely/definitely meets my requirements/needs! :) 7. Opened up a Command Prompt window, did a 'cd' (change directory) to tomcat7/bin folder, and then did 'tomcat7w.exe //MS//', and immediately, tomcat7w.exe shortcut/icon showed up in System Tray. 8. I've seen this mentioned on the list so many times, so it was very easy to refer to documentation while having in mind, what others have mentioned/recommended on this/tomcat user list. And the little typo 'try' (instead of 'tray') did not 'prevent' me from following these instructions in tomcat7 documentation and completing this very simple task to 'put the icon in the system tray'. 9. Last but not least, I only download and use/install .zip file, too, and install service via service install tomcat7. 10. please forgive my copy and pasting above from tomcat7 documentation pages. this email was not sent as plain text, so i don't know how it will be formatted after i click the Send button. :)
