Apache Tomcat 8 not working. Throws HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jsp.index_jsp

apache, java, php, tomcat, tomcat8

Solution

IT'S WORKING!

What I did:

- Opened command prompt using "Run as administrator"

Went to the "bin" directory of Tomcat folder.

cd C:\Program Files\apache-tomcat-8.0.3\bin'  

- Entered 'startup' to run 'startup.bat' and the server started

- Opened a web browser entered `http://localhost:8080/` and it worked like charm. This also started generating Tomcat log files too.

The only different thing I performed is "Run as administrator".

But I checked with Tomcat7 it did not require me to "Run as administrator" but it worked; not sure why

Problem

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