tomcat not starting

[tushar panda]

i have installed tomcat 6.0.20 today,after trying to run (startup.bat) at http://localhost:8080 it does not run
so i tried to change the connector port(in server.xml) but nothing happened , neither did i get a log message .

i have read somewhere to check the error by running catalina so i did and got the message below at command prompt :

 
C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.20\bin>catalina run
The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
This environment variable is needed to run this program
NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE

according to error, JAVA_HOME should point to JDK , but path given is E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14
where it went wrong

morever i have set JAVA_HOME environment variable by

Variable Name : JAVA_HOME
Variable Value : set JAVA_HOME=E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14

tomcat installed in : C drive
jdk installed in : E drive

so where lies the error everything is set to work ???

explain briefly

[Misha Ver]

Windows restart may help

[tushar panda]

Misha Ver wrote:Windows restart may help

still same problem , restarting didn't help .

[Kees Jan Koster]

Dear tushar,

Check that you have set JAVA_HOME with quotes, because of the space in the path name. Thus:

C:\> SET JAVA_HOME="E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14"

[tushar panda]

Kees Jan Koster wrote:Dear tushar,

Check that you have set JAVA_HOME with quotes, because of the space in the path name. Thus:

C:\> SET JAVA_HOME="E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14"

thanks for reply

i did it but same problem .

how can i see and roll back all the path i have set , so that i can reset the path and try oncemore

[tushar panda]

yippee tomcat is running .

i uninstalled glassfish and removed the environment variables of catalina .. and it worked.