WebSphere start error

when you start websphere for first time, you may have unzipped the folder to direct to C;\  in windows and would have tried to start firststep.bat

C:\ibm-websphere\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\firststeps

this would have given error  something like "cannot find the path specified."

This happens cause , due to little mistake in unzipping the websphere. check whether you zipped folder has duplicated "ibm-websphere"  directory.

which results as

C:\ibm-websphere\ibm-websphere\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\firststeps

Showed in bold steps.

So make sure when unzip , give to C;\ itself  , rather than giving a extract folder.