No worries glad I could help. Thanks for the quick response too btw! With regard to the JIRA: anonymous wrote : | An open question is why there are nodes to be preloaded. StatefulTreeCache.stop() should be causing them to be deleted, and starting the cache shouldn't be bringing over any state transfer. Perhaps some file lock is preventing the node deletion? | I don't know if it helps with your diagnosis at all, but I have been "shutting down" the server on my WinXP dev box by right-clicking "End Process" in Task Manager. So in this case I doubt StatefulTreeCache.stop() is ever being called? Still, I guess it should be able to handle unexpected termination like this gracefully anyway... Just thought I'd let you know. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4028666#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...