'Tomcat 9 Server not starting in Eclipse 4

After adding Tomcat Server 9.0 to Eclipse 4.23 on Windows 11 the server will not start. The following warning is written to the console:

'WARNING: Problem with directory [C:\Users\david\Documents\ApplicationServers\apache-tomcat-9.0.60lib], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false]'

Note that the directory path is: 'C:\Users\david\Documents\ApplicationServers\apache-tomcat-9.0.60'. It appears that 'lib' is appended to the path.

I have looked at every configuration that I can think of and searched the internet and have not found a similar problem or solution. Have any of you experienced this or have a solution?

Server Configuration Screenshot

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Solution 1:[1]

I found the problem. While I am not sure why the working directory default is set to the value it is (see screenshot) or why the warning does not list the default path as the error, I changed the path to the Tomcat [root] and all is well now.

Eclipse Tomcat Fix Screenshot

Thank you to everyone that offered suggestions and/or gave this thought.

Solution 2:[2]

Did you configure tomcat with following steps?

For configuring the tomcat server in eclipse IDE;

click on servers tab at the bottom side of the IDE 
right click on blank area
New 
Servers 
choose tomcat then its version
next 
click on Browse button 
select the apache tomcat root folder previous to bin 
next 
add projects required 
Finish

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Solution Source
Solution 1 sdalley
Solution 2 Madhav

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