The 'startup-using-launcher.bat' is pretty much unmaintained at the moment (and has nothing to do with the "Start Menu" shortcut :).
To reproduce what the shortcut should be doing, cd to the Tomcat bin directory and run: tomcatw //GT//Tomcat5 To review your startup settings run: tomcatw //ES//Tomcat5 "Yair Fine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > I installed Tomcat 5.0.1.9 on Windows 2000. > > When I run Start menu-> programs -> Apache Tomcat 5.0 -> Start Tomcat , > nothing happens, and no tomcat icon appears. > > When i go to bin directory and run startup-using-launcher.bat , I get an > exception : > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/tools/ant/launch/AntMain > at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:537) > at > java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55) > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302) > at org.apache.commons.launcher.Launcher.start(Launcher.java:385) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav > a:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor > Impl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) > at LauncherBootstrap.main(LauncherBootstrap.java:185) > > Indeed, if i look at ant.jar ion common\lib, there is no > org/apache/tools/ant/launch/AntMain class > Though is if run startup.bat, the server starts and work > I have my JAVA_HOME variable path going to the right place > > Enyone have a clue ? > Regards > Yair Fine > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
