Open a command prompt and then try manually running the Tomcat startup batch file, you should be able to see the error message. Post the same here.
-Sameer Lou Caudell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: McRaven, Brian wrote: > I installed Tomcat 5.5.17 on my home computer so that I can test my > project when I'm away from work. After completing the steps from a > website (www.codeservlets.com) I try the startup.bat file in the bin > directory. The program runs for a very short time and quits before I > can read the one and only line that is written in the DOS screen. Does > anyone know what could be wrong here. Does the fact that I installed > the program on a Home Edition of XP mean that it won't work. I know I > can't get IIS installed on a Home Edition of XP. > > Brian McRaven > > Might not be a bad idea to disable the firewall, while your configuring. - Lou Caudell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.