I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM...In my case, I am the computer administrator and Tomcat has NEVER been installed previous to this. I have not seen ANY good solutions to this, so I learned to live with the DOS based service.
//SIGNED// Jerry Nelson -----Original Message----- From: John Villar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 6:27 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat 5 service on windows Do you have permission to write on the registry? you need to have write access to some key (don't remember specifically what is the key right now) in the registry to install tomcat as a service. Allistair Crossley escribió: >did you have a tomcat service installed already? did you have the services window open when you ran this? try checking there are no tomcat services and closing the services window and trying again. > >ADC > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Andras Balogh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 03 September 2004 11:28 >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Tomcat 5 service on windows >> >> >>Hello all, >> >> I have downloaded the Tomcat 5.0.28. distibution for windows >>(jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28.exe) and tried >>to install tomcat as service and checked the service option in the >>install wizard. >>Tomcat wasn't installed as service and i tried manual with the >>service.bat script: >>Here is the output i get: >>D:\Tomcat 5.0\bin>service install >>Installing the service 'Tomcat5' ... >>Using CATALINA_HOME: D:\Tomcat 5.0 >>Using JAVA_HOME: D:\j2sdk1.4.1_05 >>[2004-09-03 12:09:45] [349 prunsrv.c] [error] >>The system cannot find the file specified. >>[2004-09-03 12:09:45] [1037 prunsrv.c] [error] >>Load configuration failed >>[2004-09-03 12:09:45] [349 prunsrv.c] [error] >>The system cannot find the file specified. >>[2004-09-03 12:09:45] [1037 prunsrv.c] [error] >>Load configuration failed >>The service 'Tomcat5' has been installed. >> >>The service is still not added, i think because of the error i have. >> As a note i have on the server an older Tomcat 4.1.27 but is not >>running and i modified CATALINA_HOME to point >>to the new tomcat (D:\Tomcat 5.0). >> >>What could be wrong? >> >>Thank you, >>Andras. >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> > > ><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> >------------------------------------------------------- >QAS Ltd. >Developers of QuickAddress Software ><a href="http://www.qas.com">www.qas.com</a> >Registered in England: No 2582055 >Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 >------------------------------------------------------- ></FONT> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- John Villar Gerente de Proyectos Computadores Flor Hard Soft 2058 C.A. www.florhard.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]