thx for reply. I indeed use HSQLDB, as i am just testing before real development. So i expected all the config to be reset after deleting the folders. Maybe this part of the console log is helpful. --- MBEANS THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM --- | ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=portal-identity.war,id=-1456428062 | State: FAILED | Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/jboss-portal-2. | 7.2/server/default/deploy/jboss-portal.sar/portal-identity.sar/portal-identity.w | ar/ deployment failed | | ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=portal-admin.war,id=-2037919538 | State: FAILED | Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/jboss-portal-2. | 7.2/server/default/deploy/jboss-portal.sar/portal-admin.sar/portal-admin.war/ de | ployment failed | | ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=emailPortlet-web-1.0.war,id=-601299710 | State: FAILED | Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/jboss-portal-2. | 7.2/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp35985emailPortlet-web-1.0-exp.war/ deployment f | ailed | | ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=portal-wsrp-admin.war,id=1416039848 | State: FAILED | Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/jboss-portal-2. | 7.2/server/default/deploy/jboss-portal.sar/portal-wsrp.sar/portal-wsrp-admin.war | / deployment failed View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4250427#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...