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Build: NetBeans IDE 6.1 (Build 200804211638) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 11.2-b01, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.6.0_12-b04 OS: Windows XP, 5.1, x86 User Comments: elcocolio: I was choosing a subversion client (the JFileChooser appeared to select the SVN client home directory, I picked It, and then this happened) Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.parseDisplayName(Win32ShellFolder2.java:798) at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2.createShellFolder(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:48) at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2.createShellFolder(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:42) at sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder.getShellFolder(ShellFolder.java:210) at javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView.getShellFolder(FileSystemView.java:507) at javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView.getFiles(FileSystemView.java:431)
Created attachment 83509 [details] stacktrace
Bug is random, I never saw it on my machine. I searched a bit and it looks like JDK bug http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4869950. I guess there is not much we can do, unfortunately.