'Package as' creates faulty application

Hello,

I've created a Netbeans Platform application.  I can debug or run this application from within Netbeans and it works just as I intend it to.

However, if I 'package as' either zip file or installer, the application does not appear as I intended it to.  The topcomponents do not appear in the locations that they would when the application is debugged or run.  One of the top components is missing even though I've set it to be always open from startup.

It also appears that if I make a change to the application when running through the installer, then delete the installer folders, clean and rebuild, and package as again.  The .exe. remembers the position of a topcompenent that I moved when I last run the .exe from a different 'package as'.

Is this possible?  I don't understand what I'm doing wrong?  I don't understand why the packaged version is different from the 'Run' or 'Debug'.

Thanks for any help you can give.

James