Hi all, I am having an interesting problem. I have an java api that looks for some config files in a folder which is in the system classpath. to serve this purpose, i have added the path of this folder to the line. set CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;C:\TestCases\Conf in setclasspath.bat in windows 2003 server now i ran the startup.bat from the command prompt and everything worked fine. but when i start tomcat from control panel->administrative tools->services the api's are not able to locate this folder. can anyone tell me if im missing something or what can be done to fix this problem. the only problem i have with the first approach is i want to hide the tomcat's console window. thanks Ravi