You don't have to use Tomcat installation as a server location. It is much easier just to copy the files in the ROOT folder.
Eclipse forgets to copy the default apps (ROOT, examples, etc.) when it creates a Tomcat folder inside the Eclipse workspace. Go to
C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.8\webapps
, R-click on the ROOT folder and copy it. Then go to your Eclipse workspace, go to the.metadata
folder, and search for "wtpwebapps". You should find something likeyour-eclipse-workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps
(or../tmp1/wtpwebapps
if you already had another server registered in Eclipse). Go to thewtpwebapps
folder, R-click, and paste ROOT (say "yes" if asked if you want to merge/replace folders/files). Then reloadhttp://localhost/
to see the Tomcat welcome page.
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