Index: src/org/netbeans/core/windows/frames/ShortcutAndMenuKeyEventProcessor.clazz
Binary files src/org/netbeans/core/windows/frames/ShortcutAndMenuKeyEventProcessor.clazz.orig and src/org/netbeans/core/windows/frames/ShortcutAndMenuKeyEventProcessor.clazz differ
Index: src/org/netbeans/core/windows/frames/ShortcutAndMenuKeyEventProcessor.java
--- src/org/netbeans/core/windows/frames/ShortcutAndMenuKeyEventProcessor.java
+++ src/org/netbeans/core/windows/frames/ShortcutAndMenuKeyEventProcessor.java
@@ -55,28 +55,10 @@
         if (ev.isConsumed())
             return false;
 
-        KeyStroke ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStrokeForEvent(ev);
-        Window w = SwingUtilities.windowForComponent(ev.getComponent());
-        
-        if (!isTransmodalAction(ks)
-            && (w instanceof Dialog && ((Dialog)w).isModal())
-            ) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        
-        // Provide a reasonably useful action event that identifies what was focused
-        // when the key was pressed, as well as what keystroke ran the action.
-        ActionEvent aev = new ActionEvent(
-            ev.getSource(), ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, Utilities.keyToString(ks));
-
-        Keymap root = TopManager.getDefault ().getGlobalKeymap ();
-        Action a = root.getAction (ks);
-        if (a != null && a.isEnabled()) {
-            TopManager.getDefault().getActionManager().invokeAction(a, aev);
-            ev.consume();
+        if (processShortcut(ev))
             return true;
-        }
 
+        Window w = SwingUtilities.windowForComponent(ev.getComponent());        
         if (w instanceof Dialog)
             return false;
         
@@ -118,6 +100,22 @@
         MenuElement[] arr = MenuSelectionManager.defaultManager().getSelectedPath();
         if (arr == null || arr.length == 0) {
             wasPopupDisplayed = false;
+
+            // XXX(-ttran) special case for Shift+F10 on braindead Windoze.
+            // Shortcuts are handled in postProcessKeyEvent() so that the
+            // focused components can decide to handle and consume the key
+            // event itself.  Buttons' and labels' mnemonics in components will
+            // work even though they conflict with shortcuts.  But if we do so
+            // for Shift+F10 on Windoze then for some mysterious reason the
+            // system menu (left-upper icon in the native window caption) will
+            // be invoked, no matter how hard we try to consume the event.
+
+            if (Utilities.isWindows()
+                && ev.getModifiers() == InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK
+                && ev.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_F10
+                ) {
+                return processShortcut(ev);
+            }
             return false;
         }
         
@@ -141,6 +139,31 @@
             ev.setSource(WindowManagerImpl.mainWindow());
         }
         return ev.isConsumed();
+    }
+
+    private boolean processShortcut(KeyEvent ev) {
+        KeyStroke ks = KeyStroke.getKeyStrokeForEvent(ev);
+        Window w = SwingUtilities.windowForComponent(ev.getComponent());
+        
+        if (!isTransmodalAction(ks)
+            && (w instanceof Dialog && ((Dialog)w).isModal())
+            ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        // Provide a reasonably useful action event that identifies what was focused
+        // when the key was pressed, as well as what keystroke ran the action.
+        ActionEvent aev = new ActionEvent(
+            ev.getSource(), ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED, Utilities.keyToString(ks));
+            
+        Keymap root = TopManager.getDefault ().getGlobalKeymap ();
+        Action a = root.getAction (ks);
+        if (a != null && a.isEnabled()) {
+            TopManager.getDefault().getActionManager().invokeAction(a, aev);
+            ev.consume();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     private static boolean invokeProcessKeyBindingsForAllComponents(