Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 090511)
Java: 1.6.0_13; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.3-b02
System: Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86; Cp1252; en_US (nb)

Steps:

 1/ New Project | Maven | Maven Project | Maven Quickstart Archetype (all defaults)
 2/ Create new class with main(String[]) method
 3/ Right-click the class, invoke Profile File, start profiling (all defaults)
 4/ Profiling terminates without running the class code, no snapshot offered on exit


Console output:

WARNING: You are running embedded Maven builds, some build may fail due to incompatibilities with latest Maven release.
         To set Maven instance to use for building, click here.
Scanning for projects...
[#process-resources]
[resources:resources]
Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
[#compile]
[compiler:compile]
Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[exec:exec]
Profiler Agent: Waiting for connection on port 5140, timeout 10 seconds (Protocol version: 9)
Profiler Agent: Established local connection with the tool
Profiler Agent: Connection with agent closed
Profiler Agent: Connection with agent closed
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
           (to execute a class)
   or  java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
           (to execute a jar file)
where options include:
    -client          to select the "client" VM
    -server          to select the "server" VM
    -hotspot          is a synonym for the "client" VM  [deprecated]
                  The default VM is client.
                  
    -cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
    -classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
                  A ; separated list of directories, JAR archives,
                  and ZIP archives to search for class files.
    -D<name>=<value>
                  set a system property
    -verbose[:class|gc|jni]
                  enable verbose output
    -version      print product version and exit
    -version:<value>
                  require the specified version to run
    -showversion  print product version and continue
    -jre-restrict-search | -jre-no-restrict-search
                  include/exclude user private JREs in the version search
    -? -help      print this help message
    -X            print help on non-standard options
    -ea[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
    -enableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
                  enable assertions
    -da[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
    -disableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
                  disable assertions
    -esa | -enablesystemassertions
                  enable system assertions
    -dsa | -disablesystemassertions
                  disable system assertions
    -agentlib:<libname>[=<options>]
                  load native agent library <libname>, e.g. -agentlib:hprof
                    see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help
    -agentpath:<pathname>[=<options>]
                  load native agent library by full pathname
    -javaagent:<jarpath>[=<options>]
                  load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
    -splash:<imagepath>
                  show splash screen with specified image
Profiler Agent: Initializing...
Profiler Agent: Options: >E:/Sources/NetBeans/profiler-main/nbbuild/netbeans/profiler3/lib,5140,10<
Profiler Agent: Initialized succesfully
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BUILD SUCCESSFUL
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Total time: 4 seconds
Finished at: Tue May 12 15:53:38 CEST 2009
Final Memory: 63M/112M
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