On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 16:45, André Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >>> >>> From: IceManPat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: Why can NOT run Tomcat on my Laptop >>> >>> C:\>set JAVA_HOME =D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07 >> >> The problem is you have a space before the equals sign; that makes the >> environment variable "JAVA_HOME " (note the trailing space), rather than >> "JAVA_HOME". Take the space out. >> >> Despite Martin G's dire warning, spaces in the value of JAVA_HOME are not >> a problem; spaces at the end of the environment variable name are. >> > Allowing spaces in directory and file names was a nutty idea which > has cost more over time than the Iraq war and current financial debacle > combined. It should be re-regulated.
And yet, as Charles pointed out, it's not a problem for the genius Tomcat developers! (Re-read his message - the problem is a space in the *name* of the env variable, not the directory. All of us Windows users have no problem with Java being installed in the default "Program Files" directory.) -- Len
