diff -r c81991832225 projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectsRootNode.java
--- a/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectsRootNode.java	Mon Sep 08 13:40:40 2008 +0200
+++ b/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectsRootNode.java	Tue Sep 09 14:19:37 2008 +0200
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 import org.openide.nodes.Children;
 import org.openide.nodes.FilterNode;
 import org.openide.nodes.Node;
+import org.openide.util.ImageUtilities;
 import org.openide.util.Lookup;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
 import org.openide.util.RequestProcessor;
@@ -443,8 +444,12 @@
         protected final void setProjectFiles() {
             Project prj = getLookup().lookup(Project.class);
 
-            if (prj != null && /* #145682 */ !(prj instanceof LazyProject)) {
-                setProjectFiles(prj);
+            if (prj instanceof LazyProject) {
+
+            } else {
+                if (prj != null && /* #145682 */ !(prj instanceof LazyProject)) {
+                    setProjectFiles(prj);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -602,6 +607,12 @@
         public @Override Image getIcon(int type) {
             Image img = super.getIcon(type);
 
+            Project prj = getLookup().lookup(Project.class);
+            if (prj instanceof LazyProject) {
+                Image wait = ImageUtilities.loadImage("org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/resources/wait.gif"); // NOI18N
+                return ImageUtilities.mergeImages(img, wait, 8, 4);
+            }
+
             if (files != null && files.iterator().hasNext()) {
                 try {
                     FileObject fo = files.iterator().next();
@@ -617,6 +628,12 @@
         public @Override Image getOpenedIcon(int type) {
             Image img = super.getOpenedIcon(type);
 
+            Project prj = getLookup().lookup(Project.class);
+            if (prj instanceof LazyProject) {
+                Image wait = ImageUtilities.loadImage("org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/resources/wait.gif"); // NOI18N
+                return ImageUtilities.mergeImages(img, wait, 8, 4);
+            }
+            
             if (files != null && files.iterator().hasNext()) {
                 try {
                     FileObject fo = files.iterator().next();