diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/Cmd.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/Cmd.groovy
index a5e28f7d..2d791149 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/Cmd.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/Cmd.groovy
@@ -240,8 +240,23 @@ public class Cmd {
    *
    * @deprecated args
    */
-  public static int executeCommand(command, File targetDir, Map args = null, Map tmpProps = null) {
-    return executeCommandRedirectIO(command, targetDir, null, System.out, System.err, args, tmpProps)
+  static int executeCommand(command, File targetDir, Map args = null, Map tmpProps = null) {
+
+    if (command instanceof String || command instanceof GString) {
+      if (command.length() > 2 && command[0] == "[" && command[command.length() - 1] == "]") {
+        command = command[1..command.length() - 2]
+      }
+      command = command.tokenize(", ")
+    }
+
+    Map rv = executeCommandConsumeStreams(command as List, targetDir, null, 60000L, tmpProps)
+      if (!rv.stdOut.isEmpty()) {
+        log.info(rv.stdOut)
+      }
+      if (!rv.stdErr.isEmpty()) {
+        log.trace(rv.stdErr)
+      }
+      return rv.exitValue
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/JBFile.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/JBFile.groovy
index c6423cc8..fc6e573b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/JBFile.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/noe/common/utils/JBFile.groovy
@@ -186,21 +186,31 @@ class JBFile {
     }
 
     def returnValue = 0
-    try {
-      // try to copy with ant
-      ant.copy(file: src.getAbsolutePath(), tofile: dest.getAbsolutePath(), overwrite: "true")
-    } catch (e) {
-      // Try it with sudo rights
-      if (!platform.isWindows()) {
-        def args = (preserveRights) ? '-p' : ''
-        args += (dereference) ? ' -L' : ''
-        if (useAdminPrivileges) {
-          returnValue += Cmd.executeSudoCommand("cp -r ${args} ${src.absolutePath} ${dest}", new File('.'))
-        } else {
-          returnValue += Cmd.executeCommand("cp -r ${args} ${src.absolutePath} ${dest}", new File('.'))
+    if (platform.isWindows()) {
+      File absDest = src.isDirectory() ? new File(dest, src.name) : dest
+      def command = ["xcopy", "${src.absolutePath}", absDest.absolutePath, "/H", "/S", "/E", "/I", "/Y", "/C", "/F", "/R", "/K", "/X"]
+      returnValue = Cmd.executeCommand(command, new File('.'))
+      if (returnValue > 0) {
+        try {
+          // try to copy with ant
+          if (src.isDirectory()) {
+            ant.copy(todir: dest.getAbsolutePath(), overwrite: true) { fileset(dir: src.getAbsolutePath()) }
+          } else {
+            ant.copy(file: src.getAbsolutePath(), todir: dest.getAbsolutePath(), overwrite: "true")
+          }
+          returnValue = 0
+        } catch (e) {
+          log.trace("JBFIle.copy with ant failed", e)
+          returnValue = 2
         }
+      }
+    } else {
+      def args = (preserveRights) ? '-p' : ''
+      args += (dereference) ? ' -L' : ''
+      if (useAdminPrivileges) {
+        returnValue += Cmd.executeSudoCommand("cp -r ${args} ${src.absolutePath} ${dest}", new File('.'))
       } else {
-        returnValue = -1
+        returnValue += Cmd.executeCommand("cp -r ${args} ${src.absolutePath} ${dest}", new File('.'))
       }
     }
     return returnValue == 0
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/noe/server/ServerAbstract.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/noe/server/ServerAbstract.groovy
index 7a90c0fc..52f3d064 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/noe/server/ServerAbstract.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/noe/server/ServerAbstract.groovy
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ abstract class ServerAbstract implements IApp {
   //TODO: EWS specific, pls remove.
   Boolean ignoreShutdownPort ///
   def start ///standard startup command (apachectl start)
-  def stop ///standard shutdown command (apachectl stop)
+  String stop ///standard shutdown command (apachectl stop)
   String binPath // relative path (server root) to dir where stop handler is stored
   List configDirs = [] // relative paths to dir where server config files are stored
   List logDirs = [] // relative paths to dir where server logs are stored