I tried using the following script to install tomcat 4.1.34 as a service :
set JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx128m -Xss1024k -Xms24m -Djava.class.path="%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\bootstrap.jar";"%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\servlet.jar";"%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar" -Dcatalina.home="%CATALINA_HOME%" set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dims.startupMethod=service "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat4.exe" -install MyService "%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll" %JAVA_OPTS% -Xrs -start org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -params start -stop org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -params stop -out "stdout.log" -err " stderr.log" -current "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin" -path "%PATH%" But it fails with the following error: [2007-02-15 19:00:35] [402 prunsrv.c] [error] The operation completed successfully. [2007-02-15 19:00:35] [1246 prunsrv.c] [error] Load configuration failed What could be the problem ? Thanks, Sriram