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Asked: 2026-05-19T17:10:44+00:00

I use: <context:property-placeholder location=file:${PROJECT_CONFIG_PATH}/project.conf /> in my applicationContext.xml to get local config (one for

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I use:

<context:property-placeholder location="file:${PROJECT_CONFIG_PATH}/project.conf" />

in my applicationContext.xml to get local config (one for development and another for production). PROJECT_CONFIG_PATH is a system environment variable (not eclipse env).

It works: on Windows in Eclipse (Jetty) and on Unix.

It doesn’t work: on Windows with Tomcat 6 (java.io.FileNotFoundException: ${PROJECT_CONFIG_PATH}\project.conf)

Could someone please tell me why Tomcat on Windows doesn’t see environment variables? And how could this be solved?

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Editorial Team

    If Tomcat is being run as a service, you will need to use the tomcat configuration editor to set the variable.

    Start->Programs->Apache Tomcat x.x->Configure Tomcat

    Select the Java tab
    Add the variable under “Java Options” as:

    -DPROJECT_CONFIG_PATH="c:/yourpath"

    Click OK and then restart the tomcat service.

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