my tomcat software is in c folder and i had set the class paths has for CATILINA_HOME C:\apache-tomcat-5.5.20\bin\startup.bat;and JAVA_HOME C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_16. But when i am going and starting the Tomcatserver the command prompt is coming and dissapearing. Can u pls solve this issue and get me out.....