Posted by Morton, Earl D on
URL: https://discuss.orbeon.com/Installation-on-Windows-7-laptop-tp3719805.html

I'm having trouble with installing Orbeon Forms and Apache Tomcat on my new Windows 7 laptop. Specifically, I keep running into access restrictions.

I first installed Tomcat in its default folder, which is under Program Files. As indicated in the Orbeon Forms instructions, I unzipped orbeon.war in a folder under the Tomcat installation. That seemed to work at first, but when I tried to walk through the Orbeon Forms tutorial, Windows denied me permission to modify any of the files, I assume because they are under Program Files.

So I reinstalled Tomcat in a separate folder, outside of Program Files, but then it wouldn't run at all. I'm not sure why, but I wonder if another new Windows security policy only allows programs to execute from Program Files.

So I reinstalled Tomcat back in Program Files, and unzipped orbeon.war in a separate folder outside of Program Files. According to the Orbeon documentation, for Tomcat to find it, I have to change a configuration option in Tomcat, but that configuration file is under Program Files, so Windows won't let me change it, either.

In all of this I have been logged into the computer as the Administrator.

One more thing: Regardless of where Tomcat is installed, when I boot the computer, I get a message telling me that Tomcat can't run because "access is denied."

Can anyone give me a clue as to what I'm doing wrong? I assume that it is possible to use Orbeon Forms and Tomcat on Windows 7.

Thanks!

Earl Morton



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