title: IllegalArgumentException: Document base \.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps does not exist or is not a readable directory
body: <p>When I try to run my project on my local Tomcat server, I get the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Server Tomcat v7.0 Server at localhost failed to start.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I followed the advice in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/17986692/1675976">this Stackoverflow answer</a> and deleted the folder <code>tmp0</code>. but I still get the same error.</p>
  
  <p>I've copied the stack trace below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Users\Imray\Projects\InstrurentalApp\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps\instrurentalapp does not exist or is not a readable directory
      at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:136)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:5089)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5269)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  </code></pre>