Figured it out!
"How to run TOMCAT 5 as a SERVICE when running under WINDOWS 64-bit" (enterprise 2003 in our case, but presumably this would apply to other 64-bit windows implementations): Tomcat v5 is 32-bit, which won't run as a service under Java 64-bit. The advice at http://www.nabble.com/running-tomcat-5.5-as-a-service-on-64bit-windows-td6821449.html takes us to http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/procrun/bin/amd64/ where we download the 64-bit wrappers (tomcat5.exe and tomcat5w.exe) to replace the originals (in \tomcat\bin). Then at the command line: cd \tomcat\bin service.bat install whatever tomcat5w.exe //ES//whatever Set options, and voila! Start menu -> admin tools -> services shows "apache tomcat whatever" and you can start it and stop it from there. ===== Now we've got a new, follow-up question -- in a separate email. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > w...@serensoft.com wrote: >> Plus, the mofidied/64-bit-savvy tomcat5w.exe which is supposed to set >> parameters for the service, complains that 'tomcat5' doesn't exist. > > When you install the service you have to name it tomcat5. It is a > 'feature' of that service wrapper that for a service XXX the binarie > smust be named XXX.exe and XXXw.exe -- will trillich "Our only real economic security lies in our power to meet human needs." -- S.Covey, the 8th Habit --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org