I have experienced similar issues to the OP in the past, and just tried again now and still hit them. I can't bear to watch this thread amble along any longer, so I will try to rephrase the question for the OP as he seems unwilling or unable to do so
Windows 7 Tomcat 7.0.19 java -version java version "1.6.0_25" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_25-b06) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode) Open command prompt, navigate to <catalina_home>\bin. If JAVA_HOME is not set, tomcat complains no JAVA_HOME. If set to a JRE, complains should point to JDK. Output shown below D:\apps\tomcat\apache-tomcat-7.0.19\bin>set JAVA_HOME= D:\apps\tomcat\apache-tomcat-7.0.19\bin>catalina.bat run Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment variable is defined At least one of these environment variable is needed to run this program D:\apps\tomcat\apache-tomcat-7.0.19\bin>set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre6 D:\apps\tomcat\apache-tomcat-7.0.19\bin>catalina.bat run The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly This environment variable is needed to run this program NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE Hope that helps get this resolved Chris
