Can't Start Tomcat - Ports are in Use

You may have a problem starting Tomcat. You may see this ugly error message about ports in use.

Solution

Here's how you can resolve it.

1. Exit Eclipse

2. Open a web web browser and visit, http://localhost:8080

3. If you see a "Tomcat" web page then that means Tomcat is running as a Windows service. To stop Tomcat running as a Windows services, open your Windows Control Panel. Find the service "Apache Tomcat" and stop it.

4. If you don't see a "Tomcat" web page, then stop the appropriate process displayed.

If you are still stuck, then let me know what webpage you see at localhost:8080