jboss-cli.bat script is unable to start on Windows, if JBOSS_HOME folder contains 'Unable to render embedded object: File (' character, if ') not found.' character is not at the end of the name of JBOSS_HOME folder. jboss-cli.bat script is unable to start on Windows if JBOSS_HOME ends with exclamation mark, but it is covered by JBEAP-249 C:\Users\Administrator\playground\7.1.0.DR15\jboss!eap\bin>jboss-cli.bat The system cannot find the path specified. The system cannot find the path specified. Could not locate "C:\Users\Administrator\playground\7.1.0.DR15\jbosseap\bin\jboss-modules.jar". Please check that you are in the bin directory when running this script. Press any key to continue . . . C:\Users\Administrator\playground\7.1.0.DR15\jboss!eap\bin>jboss-cli.bat This issue is caused by JBEAP-8807 Workaround: Rename JBOSS_HOME folder
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