21337 - Uninstall the Tomcat service

HowTo: Uninstall the Tomcat service

Contained in this document are the steps necessary to uninstall a Tomcat service.

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel.

On Windows NT:
Click Services.

On Windows 2000:
Click Administrative Tools > Services.
Find the Tomcat service you are going to uninstall.
On Windows NT:
Double-click the Tomcat service.

On Windows 2000:
Right-click the Tomcat service and go to Properties.
There should be a 'Path to executable' in the service properties. Make a note of that location and executable.
Open a DOS prompt.
Change directories to the path given in step 4.
In the directory in which you found the executable (step 4), enter one of the following:

If the name of the executable is JavaService.exe:
```
JavaService -uninstall <service_name>
```
If the name of the executable is TomcatService.exe:
```
TomcatService -uninstall <service_name>
```
If the name of the executable is jk_nt_service.exe:
```
jk_nt_service -r <service_name>
```

Created: 1/3/2002
Last Modified: 7/3/2002