I found information that suggested all I had to do was add these two lines to the java tab on the service properties box :

-Dlog4j.configuration=file:///D:/Program Files/IBM/ClearQuestConnector/gateway/log4j.properties
-Dcom.ibm.rational.interop.gateway.configURL=file:///D:/Program Files/IBM/ClearQuestConnector/gateway/cqconnector.properties

with just these two lines added and the gateway started from the service, I get all this ... INFO: Deploying web application archive cqconnector.war
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.rational.clearquest.cqjni.CQClearQuest
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CqObjectFactory.getCQVersionInfo(CqObjectFactory.java:113)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CqObjectFactory.getImplementation(CqObjectFactory.java:149)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CqObjectFactory.createCqProvider(CqObjectFactory.java:375)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CQInteropEventHandler.connect(CQInteropEventHandler.java:73)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CQInteropEventHandler.<init>(CQInteropEventHandler.java:56)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CQRepository.getHandler(CQRepository.java:191)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CQRepository.initializeRepoInfo(CQRepository.java:108)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CQRepository.<init>(CQRepository.java:41)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.common.cqgateway.CQGateway.connectToRepositoryLocal(CQGateway.java:96)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.gateway.init.GatewayServer.addCQRepository(GatewayServer.java:147)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.gateway.init.GatewayServer.initialize(GatewayServer.java:299)
at com.ibm.rational.connector.cq.gateway.servlet.InteropServlet.init(InteropServlet.java:133)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager$ServletWrapper.initializeDelegate(ServletManager.java:195)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager$ServletWrapper.init(ServletManager.java:171)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.init(ServletRegistration.java:64)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.registerServlet(ProxyServlet.java:142)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.HttpServiceImpl.registerServlet(HttpServiceImpl.java:59)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.HttpRegistryManager.registerServlet(HttpRegistryManager.java:223)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.HttpRegistryManager.addServletContribution(HttpRegistryManager.java:114)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager.added(ServletManager.java:136)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ExtensionPointTracker.open(ExtensionPointTracker.java:75)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.ServletManager.start(ServletManager.java:62)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.HttpRegistryManager.start(HttpRegistryManager.java:85)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.internal.HttpServiceTracker.addingService(HttpServiceTracker.java:58)
at org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.trackAdding(ServiceTracker.java:1064)
at org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.track(ServiceTracker.java:1042)
at org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.serviceChanged(ServiceTracker.java:967)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.FilteredServiceListener.serviceChanged(FilteredServiceListener.java:91)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:1248)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:211)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:141)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.publishServiceEventPrivileged(Framework.java:1563)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.publishServiceEvent(Framework.java:1538)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.ServiceRegistrationImpl.register(ServiceRegistrationImpl.java:122)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.createServiceRegistration(BundleContextImpl.java:666)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.registerService(BundleContextImpl.java:617)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.registerService(BundleContextImpl.java:685)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.Activator.registerHttpService(Activator.java:78)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.Activator.addProxyServlet(Activator.java:57)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.init(ProxyServlet.java:39)
at org.eclipse.equinox.servletbridge.BridgeServlet.registerServletDelegate(BridgeServlet.java:226)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servletbridge.internal.Activator.start(Activator.java:25)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1009)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:246)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:1003)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:984)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:355)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:1074)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:616)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:508)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:299)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:489)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:211)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:321)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.rational.clearquest.cqjni.CQClearQuest
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:437)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:399)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:387)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:87)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:597)
... 56 more


even though eventually the server claims to have started up - then checking the gateway I have a 404 error ...

Does any one have it working correctly as a service in Windows ? :?: