In Windows, files with the extension .lnk are shortcuts. Apparently, you created a shortcut in the deploy directory (probably accidentally with the mouse in Explorer), and JBossAS does not know what to do with .lnk files. And that is what the notification message means. You can easily fix this by removing the shortcut. However, this is not a problem and the server did start (hence the "started in message"). Why do you think the server is getting stopped? After this message: 07:20:21,187 INFO [Server] JBoss (MX MicroKernel) [4.2.1.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_1_GA date=200707131605)] Started in 8s:703ms there are typically very few messages appearing in the console. Once you see the above message, you can go to you browser, enter http://localhost:8080 and get the home page. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4115545#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...