> -----Original Message----- > From: Konstantin Kolinko [mailto:knst.koli...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 5:24 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Unable to start tomcat as a service. > > 2014-04-08 13:42 GMT+04:00 akshay jain <uniquejainaks...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > > > I downloaded *apache-tomcat-7.0.52-windows-x64.zip* from the apache > > website. > > I am running windows 7 64 bit operating system. > > > > I have setup the file setenv.bat file and apache starts without any > > problem when started using startup.bat script. > > > > To run apache as a windows service I did the following steps: > > 1. Extracted the zip to location C:\tmp 2. Opened command line in the > > said folder and ran command : > > "tomcat7 //IS//" > > That just installs procrun (the service wrapper executable), but DOES > NOT configure it. > Procrun with an empty configuration does not know what Java application > it launches and with what settings. (It does not know that it belongs > to Tomcat, etc.) > > There is service.bat that both installs and configures it, but note > that you either need to run the command prompt in "as administrator" > mode, or use 7.0.53 or later due to > http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56143 > > > > 3. Then ran command : > > "sc start tomcat7" > > > > Following was the output : > > > > C:\tmp\apache-tomcat-7.0.52\bin>tomcat7.exe //IS// > > > > C:\tmp\apache-tomcat-7.0.52\bin>sc start tomcat7 > > > > (...) > > > > Best regards, > Konstantin Kolinko > You know, it still baffles me why folks still go this route on Windows when there's a perfectly good installer package that will take care of all the fiddly-bits for you. The only reason I can think of is they are trying to install on the GUI-less version of the Server OS, for which the service.bat file is a necessity. Jeff
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