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When opening a project that is stored in a symlinked folder when you update the files outside NetBeans the IDE does not update the file tree or the file contents (if a project is running). Using NTFS file system and the mklink command Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a new project (I used a Java Web project) 2. Close the project. 3. Create a symlink (Directory junction) to the project using a command prompt and executing: mklink theCreatedProject newprojectfolder /J 4. Open the newprojectfolder project (junctioned folder) 5. Add a new file to the project (an html for example) 6. Netbeans does not display the new file. - Temporary work around: close and open the project. I suspect that the OS reports changes to the files only in the original folder not the junctions. Is there a refresh button for this cases?
*** Bug 212897 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
> Is there a refresh button for this cases? Main menu -> Source -> Scan for External Changes
Created attachment 141877 [details] Possible fix Patch with a possible fix for initial review. Support for symlink watching has to be enabled by system property: -J-Dnb.fs.watch.symlinks=true