Try changing the name of the directory "xml-xindice-1.0" to something without "-" or "." in the name, e.g. "xindice". I remember having problems with those characters in file or directory names when running Win98 / command line / Java apps.
>> C:\xml-xindice-1.0\bin>xindiceadmin ac -c /db -n addressbook ERROR : Regards Perry
