There are no files stored anywhere to define the portal you created using the Management Portlet. All such information is stored in the database. Also, the files *-object.xml and portlet-instances.xml are only used to input data into the database, after which the data is read from the database (hence the appearance of the < if-exists > tag in those files to indicate on a restart of the portal whether the data in the files is to overwrite what is in the database, or the data in the database is to be kept as is). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4028395#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...