Okay. Where is the class file for com.upsnap.uatools.UAToolsBean? Scan all your .jar files to make sure it only occurs in a single place. Also make sure you haven't done something silly like placed that same class/jar into Tomcat's lib/ directory as well.
its all in 1 place. the jar file is named upsnap-uatools-1.4.8.jar Also, please provide the full stack trace (including any "Caused by" clauses) of the error that you get. Here is one of the two errors. org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /sprinthoroscopes/_uatools_helper.jsp(9,0) The value for the useBean class attribute com.upsnap.uatools.UAToolsBean is invalid. org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:148) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.visit(Generator.java:1203) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$UseBean.accept(Node.java:1160) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2399) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:489) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2417) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$IncludeDirective.accept(Node.java:638) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2393) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2399) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:489) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2343) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator.generate(Generator.java:3365) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:199) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:315) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:295) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:282) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:586) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:317) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) this is the other... org.apache.jasper.JasperException: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to load class for JSP org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:156) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:329) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) root cause org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to load class for JSP org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.load(JspCompilationContext.java:620) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:144) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:329) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) root cause java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jsp.sprinthoroscopes.welcome_jsp java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:134) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:66) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.load(JspCompilationContext.java:618) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:144) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:329) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) Are there any other errors in either catalina.out or any of the other log files in the logs/ directory? catalina log produces.. java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jsp.sprinthoroscopes.welcome_jsp at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:134) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:66) at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.load(JspCompilationContext.java:618) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:144) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:329) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:568) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190) at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:767) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:697) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:889) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) What did you copy/paste/rename? If you just borrowed this JSP and it references a bean that was set up explicitly in the old project but not the new one, then you may have some problems like not being able to initialize the application-scoped bean properly if it's not found in the application scope when the JSP runs. to took the entire folder in webapps. the entire app folder i copied and pasted under a new name. in other words, the app folder is named horoscopes. 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