Eclipse Configuration Tomcat:cannot Create a server using the selected type

Introduction: Eclipse Configures Tomcat process

Open Eclipse and click on the preferences configuration properties in Windows in the menu bar

Then select the runtime environments in the server and add the desired tomcat version as follows:

So that Tomcat is configured, but it may still be unable to start the Tomcat server, then sad to go with:

Also, select Windows, but at this point choose Show View--->other ...

Then select server:

Then in the Server, right-click in the blank, select New--->server

Next, add Tomcat:

At this point, the problem appears again, cannot select server name, cannot next, and error: Cannot create a server using the selected type

This is the problem I encountered, but also the focus of this article

Workaround:

1. Close Eclipse

2. Open the location of the workspace. {Workspace-directory}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings Delete the following files
Org.eclipse.wst.server.core.prefs Org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.prefs

3. Restart Eclipse