Thanks Jeffrey.
I managed to locate the Tomcat8 Windows Service using MSCONFIG.
I also discovered that the Tomcat installer installed to the default
location c:\Program Files (x86) in addition to the folder that I
specified as my preferred location. (As a java veteran I still never use
folder names with spaces in them )
Once I recognised that the Tomcat Start Up entry on MSCONFIG's Startup tab
appeared as "Commons Daemon Service Manager" I was able to deselect it and
that stopped the error messages.
-Original Message-
From: Jeffrey Janner [mailto:jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 11:50 AM
To: 'Tomcat Users List'; 'ge...@gerrymatte.ca'
Subject: RE: Tomcat 8.0.5 Windows 7 service removal is incomplete
> -Original Message-
> From: Gerry Matte [mailto:ge...@gerrymatte.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 11:53 AM
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: Tomcat 8.0.5 Windows 7 service removal is incomplete
>
> On May 21, I installed the windows service version of tomcat 8.0.5 in
> order to test an application which required it.
> I installed the version that creates a windows service named Tomcat8
>
> I subsequently discovered the application was tested with tomcat7 so I
> removed the service using "[CATALINA_HOME]\bin\service.bat remove"
> The following day, when I started my PC I encountered a startup error
> popup saying "The specified service does not exist. Unable to open an
> installed service named Tomcat8"
>
> I reinstalled the service using "[CATALINA_HOME]\bin\service.bat
> install"
> and then uninstalled it using the command "[CATALINA_HOME]\bin\tomcat8
> //DS//Tomcat8" as documented on the tomcat website at
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/windows-service-howto.html
> ("Removing Services")
>
> When I restart my PC, I still encounter the error popup message.
>
> I used MSCONFIG to look for a phantom startup request for Tomcat8 but
> it did not seem to be present on the list of start-ups.
>
> Can anyone suggest what else I can do to expunge the Tomcat8 service ?
> Thanks
> Gerry Matte
>
Gerry -
I'm not 100% sure about this, but it sounds like the error message you get
when the service manager starts up (Tomcat8w, sits in the system tray).
You don't mention how you did the original install, but the binary
installer installs this service manager, along with Start Menu entries,
etc. If you used the binary installer, use add/remove programs to remove
everything it did for you. Otherwise, it's a trip down the registry tree
looking for RUN/RUNONCE entries.
Jeff
p.s. I'm a big believer in using the binary installer. It does almost
everything I need these days. Kudos to the developer who maintains this.
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