What version of Tomcat, which operating system? what happens when your run the shutdown.bat or .sh? Did you install Tomcat as a service? Bill PS - note to other posters on JavaRanch forums - our crystal balls have been confiscated by the department of homeland security, you will have to actually write facts in your post rather than rely on our telepathic abilities.
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