I deploy an application (its just an index.jsp page) via the manager using the directory option (and specifying file:c:/abc/def/appdir
The manager displays a success message for the deploy and the Manager displays the context path in the application list.
The next time
Tomcat is started, the application is missing.
Why? I assume it is because some xml file somewhere needs some entries, but I haven't found any xml file anywhere with entries for the web apps that are installed automatically when Tomcat is installed, and these (servlet-examples, balancer, etc. ) are persistent.