[TOMEE-446] Failed to service TomEE as a service on Windows

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0, 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.1
• Environment: Reproduced on Windows 7 x64
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex the Rocker
• Created: 05/Oct/12 21:00
• Updated: 10/Oct/12 08:35
• Resolved: 10/Oct/12 08:35

Description

I got the following error message when trying to register TomEE + 1.5.0 as a service on a 64-bits Windows 7 machine, using "service.bat install":

This version of E:\NoSave\apache-tomee-plus-1.5.0\bin\TomEE.amd64.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher.
Failed installing 'TomEE' service

I got the same message with TomEE+ 1.0.0.

Please fix this issue with highest priority on 1.5.1 : it is a shame that such a basic feature is broken with out of the box tomEE downloads.

I had a by-pass:
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Looks like the distribution is trashing the exe files - They are fine in the
source:

https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openejb/trunk/openejb/tomee/apache-tomee/src/main/resources
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which works, but most people trying TomEE won't even ask.

BTW, it would be nice to have a list of noteworthy "Known issues" with 1.5.0 so that newbies would understand that there is work in progress on such topics.