Tomcat 4.0, startup, windows me

Hi,
Is there anyone who is using tomcat 4.0 to develop JSP under windows me?
My problem is that I even can't start tomcat.
After I run "startup.bat" under d:\tomcat40\bin, it opens 1 MS-DOS window. Few seconds, it opens another MS-DOS window, but that window disappears soon.
Then the first window indicated that it has finished, and the screen's print is:
"Using CATALINA_BASE: d:\tomcat40
Using CATALINA_HOME: d:\tomcat40
Using CLASSPATH: d:\tomcat40\bin\bootstrap.jar;d:\jdk1.3.1_02\lib\tools.jar
Using JAVA_HOME: d:\jdk1.3.1_02"
I don't know what's going on.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks ahead!
Michael

You could try giving more memory to the initial
enviroment. I use 4096.Under /bin/ directory, there are 8 .bat files.
After I set "startup.bat" 's memory property to be 4096, the problem remains same, ie. the second window disappear soon.
I tried to execute "catalina.bat" under /bin/ directory, the output is:
"Using CATALINA_BASE: d:\tomcat40
Using CATALINA_HOME: d:\tomcat40
Using CLASSPATH: d:\tomcat40\bin\bootstrap.jar;d:\jdk1.3.1_02\lib\tools.jar
Using JAVA_HOME: d:\jdk1.3.1_02
Bad command or file name
Runs a Windows program or an MS-DOS program.
START [options] program [arg...]
START [options] document.ext
/m[inimized] Run the new program minimized (in the background).
/max[imized] Run the new program maximized (in the foreground).
/r[estored] Run the new program restored (in the foreground). [default]
/w[ait] Does not return until the other program exits.
Bad command or file name
Commands:
env - Set up environment variables that Catalina would use
run - Start Catalina in the current window
start - Start Catalina in a separate window
stop - Stop Catalina
What "Bad command or file name" means?
Thanks ahead!
Michael

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