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Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.1 (Build 201112071828) Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.7.0_03 Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 22.1-b02 NetBeans process dies after unpacking 7.1.1 updates. I had to manually start it again for it to work. Hopefully something is in the logs.
Created attachment 115879 [details] log
Created attachment 115880 [details] log with the potential issue
log with the potential issue, Line 696: WARNING [org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.updateprovider.AutoupdateCatalogParser]: http://bits.netbeans.org/netbeans/7.1.1/gM91eRkhHYbp/rc1/2012-02-14_19-41-33/:1:63: White spaces are required between publicId and systemId. wrong link on update center.
As stated the download of the plugins were complete so the url was correct. I might have tried the wrong one at some point. The instructions sent for the evaluation had a wrong URL.
It looks like as invalid link. I'm guessing it works correctly now.