I am not able to add Tomcat Server again

Question

I have removed my tomcat 7 server from eclipse(Kepler) and now trying to add different Tomcat 7 server in eclipse, but it is saying "The name is already in use. Specify a different name". What could be done in this case? Please suggest.

Answer 1

Close Eclipse 2. In {workspace-directory}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings delete the following two files: org.eclipse.wst.server.core.prefs org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.prefs 3. Restart Eclipse

I hope it will solve the problem as it did with me.

Answer 2

This is a bug in eclipse.

Delete

• org.eclipse.wst.server.core.prefs and

• org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.prefs

in {workspace-directory}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings

Note: Sometimes you have more than one workspace. Ensure you check your current workspace and delete the above files from the correct "current" workspace.