diff --git a/samples/contacts/client/client.bat b/samples/contacts/client/client.bat
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-%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java -cp ../../../lib/aop-alliance/aopalliance.jar;../../../lib/caucho/hessian.jar;../../../lib/caucho/burlap.jar;../../../lib/jakarta-commons/commons-collections.jar;../../../lib/jakarta-commons/commons-logging.jar;../../../lib/spring/spring.jar;contacts.jar sample.contact.ClientApplication %1 %2 %3