An even easier solution is to select the "NT Service" option when installing Tomcat. Then you don't even need jk_nt_service.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tomcat as service - space in path in wrapper.properties - workaround I didn't see this specific topic or workaround in the archives so thought I would share - since it seems like this could be a fairly common problem. I hope it saves someone a little time troubleshooting. _Situation_: Attempting to run tomcat 4.0.4 as a service on NT4.0 SP6 using jk_nt_service.exe. May apply to other versions of Tomcat and Windows as well. _Symptoms_: Command "jk_nt_service -i tomcat -a wrappers.properties" adds the service just fine, but attempting to start the service with command "jk_nt_service -s tomcat" or from NT Services panel fails. _Most Likely Cause_ (Of course you may have other problems that I don't know about, but this one will definitely hang you up): Spaces in your path definitions. For example, I originally had the setting: wrapper.tomcat_home=d:\Program Files\Apache Tomcat 4.0 Quoting the path with double or single quotes will not rectify the problem either. _Workaround_: Use "Dir -X" to find the short (DOS 8.3) names of your directories and use those instead. For example, my new path setting is: wrapper.tomcat_home=d:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1.0 This will eliminate the spaces and the service will start happily. If this doesn't solve your problem, then you've got something else wrong and I can't help you. Good Luck Doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>