OK, we're going around in circles. If CATALINA_HOME = "C:\Jakarta-tomcat-5-bin-20030526\jakarta-tomcat- 5\dist", then the CORRECT COMMAND is:
%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup.bat Note the "%", note the lack of "dist" because its already included in the value of CATALINA_HOME. John Thank you very much for your assistance. This is my first day attempting to start the Tomcat. Thank you for your patience I understand that now "dist" is included in the value of CATALINA_HOME I did C:\> %CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup.bat and still get "system cannot find the path specified" Stan
