Here is a copy of my service install batch file that's currently working (I don't use the library).
%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\tomcat -install "Jakarta Tomcat" %JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll -Djava.class.path=%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\boo tstrap.jar;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar -Dcatalina.home=%CATALINA_HOME% %CATALINA_OPTS% -Xrs -Xms64m -Xmx128m -start org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -params start -stop org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -params stop -out %CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stdout.log -err %CATALINA_HOME%\logs\stderr.log pause I see that Djava.library.path="\"%CATALINA_BASE% where everywhere else you use CATALINA_HOME. Is that not possibly part of your problem? Cheers Emile