# Unable to start Tomcat service

**URL:** <https://community.automationedge.com/t/unable-to-start-tomcat-service/9928>\
**Category:** AutomationEdge Server\
**Created:** [June 28, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/unable-to-start-tomcat-service/9928 "2023-06-28T07:49:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://community.automationedge.com/u/Jane)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/unable-to-start-tomcat-service/9928/1 "2023-06-28T07:49:10Z")

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Hi! All

I am unable to start tomcat service.

The error in Tomcat Logs is -

[info] [2592] Starting service…  
[error] [2592] Failed creating java C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0\_111\bin\server\jvm.dll  
[error] [2592] The system cannot find the path specified.  
[error] [2592] ServiceStart returned 1  
[error] [2592] The system cannot find the path specified.  
[info] [3120] Run service finished.

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**Author:** ![Prajakta\_Vikhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Prajakta\_Vikhe](https://community.automationedge.com/u/Prajakta_Vikhe)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/unable-to-start-tomcat-service/9928/2 "2023-06-28T08:30:55Z")

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@Jane  
Please follow the below steps:

- Check the java version installed on the machine. Perform **java -version** on cmd to check

- Check the **JAVA\_HOME** and **JRE\_HOME** environment variable are pointing to the correct path or not

- Double click on the tomcat9w.exe file from **apache-tomcat/bin** location

- Click on the **JAVA** tab and Check the **Use Default** option for the **Java Virtual Machine** option.

- Now start the tomcat service

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/automationedge/original/2X/9/9098994e601d4b413c8280998f145d256855fe83.png)

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**Author:** ![Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://community.automationedge.com/u/Jane)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://community.automationedge.com/t/unable-to-start-tomcat-service/9928/3 "2023-06-28T08:52:27Z")

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Thank you!