Get a project with j2ee facets (tested web) with local application servers configurations (tested Tomcat 5, Glassfish 9.01). Run local configuration. Do Close project. Get a prompt to disconnect with running process, with option to terminate that process or not. Set Not terminate. Press Disconnect. Result: local app server is terminated anyway. Works the same in 7364 and 8043. For regular java process (with main method) the option works: the process is kept running. It seems that app server is just a java process, why to terminate it? On the other hand, if this termination is inevitable, disable the option in prompt dialog to not confuse users.