Apache Tomcat under Windows: Changing webapps default directory

Question

I am deploying my Java application with Ant. Unfortunately my test deployment on the local machine doesn\'t work because of Vista. The Program Files directionaries are prote

Answer 1

The following should work in Windows:

C:/Users/maerch/Workspaces/Tomcat6.0_webapps/
/Users/maerch/Workspaces/Tomcat6.0_webapps/

Windows also support Unix's slash (/), so it's a good idea to use this instead of Windows's (\). Also the 'default root' for Windows is C:, so you shouldn't need it in an absolute path.

I don't think this is a problem with the path. Perhaps you could try use a relative path:

"../../../Users/..."

It may also be good idea to install Tomcat in a directory where you have full access.