Could not start GlassFish SERVERE: CORE10012 Application previously deployed is not at its original location any more - glassfish-3

Question

When i deleted the projects that i deployed once in the past,
i could not start the server because of this error:
Launching GlassFish on Felix platform
INFO: Running GlassFish Version: GlassFish Server Open Source Edition
3.1.2.2 (build 5)
INFO: Registered
org.glassfish.ha.store.adapter.cache.ShoalBackingStoreProxy for
persistence-type = replicated in BackingStoreFactoryRegistry
INFO: Grizzly Framework 1.9.50 started in: 125ms - bound to
[0.0.0.0:8181]
INFO: Grizzly Framework 1.9.50 started in: 109ms - bound to
[0.0.0.0:4848]
INFO: Grizzly Framework 1.9.50 started in: 31ms - bound to
[0.0.0.0:7676]
INFO: Grizzly Framework 1.9.50 started in: 125ms - bound to
[0.0.0.0:3700]
INFO: The Admin Console is already installed, but not yet loaded.
SEVERE: CORE10012: Application previously deployed is not at its
original location any more:
file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/2796/My%20Documents/NetBeansProjects/mavenprojectJSF/target/mavenprojectJSF-1.0-SNAPSHOT/
SEVERE: CORE10012: Application previously deployed is not at its
original location any more:
file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/2796/My%20Documents/NetBeansProjects/jsf1/build/web/
SEVERE: CORE10012: Application previously deployed is not at its
original location any more:
file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/2796/My%20Documents/NetBeansProjects/struts/build/web/
SEVERE: CORE10012: Application previously deployed is not at its
original location any more:
file:/D:/self%20learning%202014/struts2/Struts2-ExecAndWait-Interceptor-Example/Struts2Example/target/Struts2Example/
INFO: GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1.2.2 (5) startup time :
Felix (2,078ms), startup services(1,422ms), total(3,500ms)
SEVERE: Shutting down v3 due to startup exception : No free port
within range:
8080=com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.monitor.MonitorableSelectorHandler#14fccd
INFO: Server shutdown initiated
INFO: Already stopped, so just returning

Answer 1

I modified the file
domain.xml
In
C:\Program Files\glassfish-3.1.2.2\glassfish\domains\domain1
And removed the application tags of xml and application-ref tags too for those projects mentioned above.
And i deleted the projects folder when i searched inside the glassfish folder
in
--> domains folder --> applications folder
To make it as i never deployed any personal project with it.
This way you are undeploying the applications on server without starting it that what was causing the error

Answer 2

I have encountered the same problem under Glassfish 4.1 after having migrated from Netbeans 8.2 to IntelliJ Idea.
To solve this problem I have only deleted application tags in domain.xml file.
I have deleted lines commented in following code
<applications>
<!-- TO-DELETE
<application context-root="/tlga" object-type="user" name="web" directory-deployed="true" location="file:/C:/GIT_SOURCES/TLGA-Web/web/target/tlga-1.18-SNAPSHOT/">
<property name="archiveType" value="war"></property>
<property name="appLocation" value="file:/C:/GIT_SOURCES/TLGA-Web/web/target/tlga-1.18-SNAPSHOT/"></property>
<property name="org.glassfish.ejb.container.application_unique_id" value="100406159636627456"></property>
<property name="org.glassfish.persistence.app_name_property" value="web"></property>
<property name="defaultAppName" value="tlga-1.18-SNAPSHOT"></property>
<module name="web">
<engine sniffer="ejb"></engine>
<engine sniffer="security"></engine>
<engine sniffer="webservices"></engine>
<engine sniffer="weld"></engine>
<engine sniffer="jpa"></engine>
<engine sniffer="web"></engine>
</module>
</application>
<application context-root="/tlga" object-type="user" directory-deployed="true" name="tlga-1.17.3" location="file:/C:/GIT_SOURCES/TLGA-WEB/web/target/tlga-1.17.3/">
<property name="archiveType" value="war"></property>
<property name="appLocation" value="file:/C:/GIT_SOURCES/TLGA-WEB/web/target/tlga-1.17.3/"></property>
<property name="org.glassfish.ejb.container.application_unique_id" value="100519021875888128"></property>
<property name="org.glassfish.persistence.app_name_property" value="tlga-1.17.3"></property>
<property name="defaultAppName" value="tlga-1.17.3"></property>
<module name="tlga-1.17.3">
<engine sniffer="ejb"></engine>
<engine sniffer="security"></engine>
<engine sniffer="webservices"></engine>
<engine sniffer="weld"></engine>
<engine sniffer="jpa"></engine>
<engine sniffer="web"></engine>
</module>
</application>
-->
</applications>
For me, DOMAIN.XML file is located in another location. To find it, I have searched to DOMAIN.XML files in c:\Glassfish.4.1\glassfish\domains folder.
I have deleted the 2 existing "/tlga" domains. Removing only one doesn't resolve my issue.
Explanation of how this error occurs:
These 2 <application> tags has been automatically generated by IntelliJ IDEA ULTIMATE 2018.2 !!! The first time I have deployed tlga-1.17.3, I don't have encountered any problem.
But this version was PRODUCTION version!
I have then switched GIT environment from PRODUCTION to DEVELOPMENT. I have build new release and started application again.
I suppose that IntelliJ has added a second <application> tag in domain.xml file and started again Glassfish that has refused to start !