When I run shutdown.bat on Windows nothing is happening(our shutdown.sh on linux works fine). I have used EVERY flag/parameter in the shutdown class in every possible fashion as described in just about any forum I could find. The java command is being launched. If I put in the wrong types of parameters, it barks. If I echo and run the full java command, it just sits there forever! I activated the .bat debug line and it just sits at Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 8787". If I hit cntrl-c, it doesn't shutdown, but rather says 'Terminate batch job (Y/N)?" AND regardless of Y/N, it stops jboss. Nice, eh? Yet, if I log into the web-console, I can restart from the applet and I can run the shutdown() process from the jmx console. What is the web-console or jmx console doing that the script isn't? I merely need to "programatically" stop the service. I'm losing the only few hairs I have left on my head! :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4160323#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...