Did you check the user that the service is running as? Does it have adequate permissions?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Berneburg, Cris J. - US <cberneb...@caci.com> > Sent: Wed 12/12/18 1:54 PM > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Subject: RE: [slightly OT] Re: Tomcat 9 does not work with Java 11 > > Hi Andi > > am> Another try on a third Windows Server 2008 R2 that never contained > Java or Tomcat. > am> I am logged in as local administrator. > am> Installed Java 11 and Tomcat 9. > am> And again same error :( > am> I would really appreciate any help. > > Sorry you are going through all this trouble. I have not tried Java 11 yet. > > cs> The installer should be detecting all of that, but at this point you > cs> are grasping at straws, anyway. > > Also, as long as you're "grasping at straws" :-) I have some basic questions: > > am> Since it works when I start Tomcat by startup.bat, it must be > am> something with the service, right? > > I can't remember, does your Tomcat Windows Service have a problem during > automatic startup *and* manual startup from the Services panel (not > startup.bat)? > > Have you tried installing older versions of Java with Tomcat 9 on Windows > Server 2008 to verify that the Tomcat Windows Service works with older Java > versions? Sorry, I can't remember if you tried that either. > > Does Windows Event Log say anything meaningful, other than "Error Code 1" > (or something like that)? > > am> It also tried to change the START-MODE to Java. > am> Then Tomcat service started! But it could not be stopped anymore. > am> Only by killing Java.exe. > > When you run Tomcat9.exe, is the Java location specified, or do you have > "use default" selected? Hmm... if the Service started then that must not be > the problem. > > am> When I start Tomcat by using startup.bat it works! > [SNIP] > am> - Installed Java 11 (File: jdk-11.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe) > > Is your Windows Server 2008 32-bit or 64bit? Hmm again... If 64-bit Java were > installed on a 32-bit OS, Java would not run at all, so that's not it. > > Guess I'm grasping at straws too. :-) > > -- > Cris Berneburg > Tomcat Newbie > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org