Can't start the server-----please help!

I tried to start J2EE 1.3 RI but got the following error:

F:\Certification\SCBCD\projects\advice>j2ee -verbose
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any idea?

Dunno really but a few hints to help debug -
1. Check the files you have to set paths and classpaths etc. I guess the problem is specifying the 'Program Files' folder and you are getting the error due to the space.
2. Check if the problem is not of the drive - F and C. Check if the drives are specified properly where needed.

Regards,
Leena

Thanks Leena,

I use windows xp. This is what I did to set the environment variables:

J2EE_HOME F:\j2sdkee1.3.1
JAVA_HOME C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0
PATH %PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%J2EE_HOME%\bin
CLASSPATH F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\j2ee.jar

Yes there is a space in c:\Program Files but that did not give me any problems until I tried to start J2EE RI. I tried to add a double quote to Program Files but that did not work either... I am stuck!

I think I have solved the path problems by adding "" to JAVA_HOME in setenv.bat file. But then I got this error:

Logging for J2EE Server Version: 1.3.1-b17 started at: Mon Feb 21 12:08:46 EST 2005..
Using the Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM and the version number 1.5.0-rc from Sun Microsystems Inc..
VM is using the classpath: F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\system\cloudscape.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\system\tools.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\cloudscape\RmiJdbc.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\cloudscape\cloudclient.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\classes;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\classes;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\j2ee.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\toolclasses;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\j2eetools.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\locale;;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\lib\tools.jar;F:\j2sdkee1.3.1\lib\jhall.jar .
J2EE Home Directory has been set to: F:\j2sdkee1.3.1.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/corba/se/internal/util/IdentityHashtable
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.<clinit>(Util.java:87)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAImpl.activate(POAImpl.java:935)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAImpl.activate_object(POAImpl.java:895)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.CosNaming.TransientNameService.initialize(TransientNameService.java:117)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.CosNaming.TransientNameService.<init>(TransientNameService.java:70)
at com.sun.enterprise.iiop.POAProtocolMgr.initializeNaming(POAProtocolMgr.java:103)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.run(J2EEServer.java:226)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.main(J2EEServer.java:972)

Can any one tell me what is wrong?

This might help. Lets thank Eric for posting the answer also.

Regards,
Leena