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Bug 167745 - A java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError exception has occured
Summary: A java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError exception has occured
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Module System (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All Windows Vista
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Jesse Glick
URL:
Keywords:
: 157695 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 164580
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Reported: 2009-06-28 05:28 UTC by plisek
Modified: 2009-11-11 10:24 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Exception Reporter:

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2009-06-28 05:30 UTC, plisek 		Details
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Description plisek 2009-06-28 05:28:08 UTC 
On starting NetBeans, the message "A java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError exception has occured" is diplayed.
Reinstalation of NetBeans does not resolve the problem.
Comment 1 plisek 2009-06-28 05:30:29 UTC 
Created attachment 84082 [details]
Requested content of log directory
Comment 2 Milan Kubec 2009-06-29 09:42:41 UTC 
Please evaluate. Thanks.
Comment 3 Jesse Glick 2009-06-29 15:08:55 UTC 
I think your user directory is corrupted; other exceptions in your log file indicate other corruption in your user
directory. Rather than reinstall NetBeans, just delete C:\Users\děda\.netbeans\6.5 (make a backup first). Some file
under config\Preferences\**\*.properties has an invalid Unicode escape in it, for whatever reason (the IDE itself should
never be writing invalid escapes).

I can make the storage of preference more robust against such errors, but you would probably still need a fresh user dir
since your current one is likely trashed. core-main #ee701f2c201d
Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2009-06-30 05:43:45 UTC 
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200906300200* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/ee701f2c201d
User: Jesse Glick <jglick@netbeans.org>
Log: #167745: recover from broken config/Preferences/**/*.properties files.
Comment 5 Jesse Glick 2009-07-10 17:17:24 UTC 
Root cause seems to be described in issue #164580. The fix in this issue is probably better, but they can coexist, and
the fix there has been verified.
Comment 6 Jesse Glick 2009-11-11 10:24:07 UTC 
*** Bug 157695 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***