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This bug was originally marked as duplicate of bug 204099, that is already resolved. This bug is still valid, so this seems to be another bug, but it might be related. Build: NetBeans IDE 8.1 Beta (Build 201508041349) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 25.60-b23, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.8.0_60-b27 OS: Linux User Comments: GUEST: Just clicked create new project Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.openide.loaders.MultiDataObject$Entry.access$000(MultiDataObject.java:1257) at org.openide.loaders.MultiDataObject.getFolderList(MultiDataObject.java:284) at org.openide.loaders.MultiDataObject.addSecondaryEntry(MultiDataObject.java:268) at org.openide.loaders.MultiDataObject.registerEntry(MultiDataObject.java:355) at org.openide.loaders.MultiFileLoader.handleFindDataObject(MultiFileLoader.java:247) at org.openide.loaders.DataObjectPool.handleFindDataObject(DataObjectPool.java:161)
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It seems that the bugs might be related to running NetBeans on JRE instead of JDK. Can you please try running NetBeans on Java JDK ([1])? Does it help? Thank you. [1] http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqRunningOnJre