diff --git a/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/newproject/ArchetypeWizardUtils.java b/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/newproject/ArchetypeWizardUtils.java
--- a/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/newproject/ArchetypeWizardUtils.java
+++ b/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/newproject/ArchetypeWizardUtils.java
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.api.progress.ProgressHandle;
 import org.netbeans.api.project.Project;
 import org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectManager;
+import org.netbeans.api.project.ui.OpenProjects;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.api.ModelUtils;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.api.NbMavenProject;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.api.archetype.ProjectInfo;
@@ -83,6 +87,8 @@
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil;
 import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
+import org.openide.util.Task;
+import org.openide.util.TaskListener;
 import org.openide.xml.XMLUtil;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -199,7 +205,8 @@
         EA_ARCH.setArtifactId("pom-root"); //NOI18N
     }
 
-    private static void runArchetype(File directory, ProjectInfo vi, Archetype arch, @NullAllowed Map<String,String> additional) throws IOException {
+    private static void runArchetype(final File projDir, ProjectInfo vi, Archetype arch, @NullAllowed Map<String,String> additional) throws IOException {
+        File directory = projDir.getParentFile();
         BeanRunConfig config = new BeanRunConfig();
         config.setProperty("archetypeGroupId", arch.getGroupId()); //NOI18N
         config.setProperty("archetypeArtifactId", arch.getArtifactId()); //NOI18N
@@ -235,7 +242,33 @@
 
         config.setTaskDisplayName(NbBundle.getMessage(ArchetypeWizardUtils.class, "RUN_Maven"));
         ExecutorTask task = RunUtils.executeMaven(config); //NOI18N
-        task.result();
+        final AtomicBoolean stoppedWaiting = new AtomicBoolean();
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        task.addTaskListener(new TaskListener() {
+            @Override public void taskFinished(Task task) {
+                boolean openLater = stoppedWaiting.get();
+                latch.countDown();
+                if (openLater) {
+                    // #191951: took too long and wizard closed early, try to open created projects now
+                    try {
+                        for (FileObject d : openProjects(projDir, null)) {
+                            Project p = ProjectManager.getDefault().findProject(d);
+                            if (p != null) {
+                                OpenProjects.getDefault().open(new Project[] {p}, false);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } catch (IOException x) {
+                        LOG.log(Level.INFO, "could not find/load projects in " + projDir, x);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        try {
+            latch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        } catch (InterruptedException x) {
+            LOG.log(Level.INFO, null, x);
+        }
+        stoppedWaiting.set(true);
     }
 
     static Map<String, String> getAdditionalProperties(Artifact art) {
@@ -360,7 +393,7 @@
         }
         handle.progress(NbBundle.getMessage(MavenWizardIterator.class, "PRG_Processing_Archetype"), ++progressCounter);
 
-        runArchetype(parent, vi, arch, additional);
+        runArchetype(projDir, vi, arch, additional);
 
         handle.progress(++progressCounter);
     }