Set JAVA_HOME=C: \Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_08

Here, we have taken the URI path according to our installation convention

For Windows XP, Go through the following steps:

Start menu->Control Panel->System->Advanced tab- >Environment Variables->New->set the Variable Name as JAVA_HOME and Variable Value as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0 and then click on all the three ok buttons one by one. It will set the JDK path.

For Windows 2000 and NT, follow these steps:

Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Environment
Variable->New->set the Variable Name as JAVA_HOME and Variable Value as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0 and then click on all the three ok button one by one. It will set the JDK path Now, Start the Tomcat Server: Start the tomcat server from the bin folder of Tomcat 6.0 directory by double clicking the “tomcat6.exe “ file. You can also create a shortcut of this .exe file at your desktop.

Stop the Tomcat Server: Stop the server by pressing the “Ctrl + c” keys.