diff -r 23bfe4015241 ide.ergonomics/src/org/netbeans/modules/ide/ergonomics/fod/FeatureProjectFactory.java
--- a/ide.ergonomics/src/org/netbeans/modules/ide/ergonomics/fod/FeatureProjectFactory.java	Mon Dec 05 08:14:07 2011 +0100
+++ b/ide.ergonomics/src/org/netbeans/modules/ide/ergonomics/fod/FeatureProjectFactory.java	Mon Dec 05 09:22:43 2011 +0100
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil;
 import org.openide.loaders.DataFolder;
 import org.openide.nodes.FilterNode;
+import org.openide.util.RequestProcessor.Task;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 /**
@@ -264,9 +265,14 @@
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
+        final Project[] toCheck = OpenProjects.getDefault().getOpenProjects();
+        checkProjects(toCheck);
+    }
+
+    private void checkProjects(final Project[] toCheck) {
         final List<FeatureInfo> additional = new ArrayList<FeatureInfo>();
         FeatureInfo f = null;
-        for (Project p : OpenProjects.getDefault().getOpenProjects()) {
+        for (Project p : toCheck) {
             Data d = new Data(p.getProjectDirectory(), true);
             for (FeatureInfo info : FeatureManager.features()) {
                 switch (info.isProject(d)) {
@@ -300,6 +306,19 @@
 
     @Override
     public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
+        if (OpenProjects.PROPERTY_WILL_OPEN_PROJECTS.equals(evt.getPropertyName())) {
+            final Object arr = evt.getNewValue();
+            if (arr instanceof Project[]) {
+                Task t = FeatureManager.getInstance().create(new Runnable() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        checkProjects((Project[])arr);
+                    }
+                });
+                t.schedule(0);
+                t.waitFinished();
+            }
+        }
         if (OpenProjects.PROPERTY_OPEN_PROJECTS.equals(evt.getPropertyName())) {
             RequestProcessor.Task t = FeatureManager.getInstance().create(this);
             t.schedule(0);
diff -r 23bfe4015241 projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/OpenProjectList.java
--- a/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/OpenProjectList.java	Mon Dec 05 08:14:07 2011 +0100
+++ b/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/OpenProjectList.java	Mon Dec 05 09:22:43 2011 +0100
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     
     // Property names
     public static final String PROPERTY_OPEN_PROJECTS = "OpenProjects";
+    public static final String PROPERTY_WILL_OPEN_PROJECTS = "WillOpenProjects";
     public static final String PROPERTY_MAIN_PROJECT = "MainProject";
     public static final String PROPERTY_RECENT_PROJECTS = "RecentProjects";
     public static final String PROPERTY_REPLACE = "ReplaceProject";
@@ -610,6 +611,16 @@
         assert !Arrays.asList(projects).contains(null) : "Projects can't be null";
         LOAD.waitFinished();
             
+        pchSupport.firePropertyChange(PROPERTY_WILL_OPEN_PROJECTS, null, projects);
+        for (int i = 0; i < projects.length; i++) {
+            try {
+                projects[i] = ProjectManager.getDefault().findProject(projects[i].getProjectDirectory());
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Cannot convert " + projects[i].getProjectDirectory(), ex);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+                LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Cannot convert " + projects[i].getProjectDirectory(), ex);
+            }
+        }
             
         try {
             LOAD.enter();
diff -r 23bfe4015241 projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/OpenProjectsTrampolineImpl.java
--- a/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/OpenProjectsTrampolineImpl.java	Mon Dec 05 08:14:07 2011 +0100
+++ b/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/OpenProjectsTrampolineImpl.java	Mon Dec 05 09:22:43 2011 +0100
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
         if ( e.getPropertyName().equals( OpenProjectList.PROPERTY_OPEN_PROJECTS ) ) {        
             pchSupport.firePropertyChange( OpenProjects.PROPERTY_OPEN_PROJECTS, e.getOldValue(), e.getNewValue() );
         }
+        if ( e.getPropertyName().equals( OpenProjectList.PROPERTY_WILL_OPEN_PROJECTS ) ) {        
+            pchSupport.firePropertyChange( OpenProjects.PROPERTY_WILL_OPEN_PROJECTS, e.getOldValue(), e.getNewValue() );
+        }
         if ( e.getPropertyName().equals( OpenProjectList.PROPERTY_MAIN_PROJECT ) ) {        
             pchSupport.firePropertyChange( OpenProjects.PROPERTY_MAIN_PROJECT, e.getOldValue(), e.getNewValue() );
         }
diff -r 23bfe4015241 projectuiapi/src/org/netbeans/api/project/ui/OpenProjects.java
--- a/projectuiapi/src/org/netbeans/api/project/ui/OpenProjects.java	Mon Dec 05 08:14:07 2011 +0100
+++ b/projectuiapi/src/org/netbeans/api/project/ui/OpenProjects.java	Mon Dec 05 09:22:43 2011 +0100
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
      * @see #getOpenProjects
      */
     public static final String PROPERTY_OPEN_PROJECTS = "openProjects"; // NOI18N
+
+    /**
+     * Property representing open projects.
+     * @see #getOpenProjects
+     */
+    public static final String PROPERTY_WILL_OPEN_PROJECTS = "willOpenProjects"; // NOI18N
     
     /**
      * Property representing main project.