diff -r ce3e82112d76 lib.profiler.common/src/org/netbeans/lib/profiler/common/Profiler.java
--- a/lib.profiler.common/src/org/netbeans/lib/profiler/common/Profiler.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/lib.profiler.common/src/org/netbeans/lib/profiler/common/Profiler.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Vector;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.swing.*;
 
 
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@
     public static final int ERROR = 16;
     private static final boolean DEBUG = System.getProperty("org.netbeans.lib.profiler.common.Profiler") != null; // NOI18N
     private static Profiler defaultProfiler;
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(Profiler.class.getName());
 
     //~ Instance fields ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@
 
     public static synchronized Profiler getDefault() {
         if (defaultProfiler == null) {
+            LOG.info("about to create default profiler");
             final Iterator it = Service.providers(Profiler.class);
 
             if (it.hasNext()) {
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@
             if (defaultProfiler == null) {
                 throw new InternalError("Should never happen"); // NOI18N
             }
+            LOG.log(Level.INFO, "profiler is here " + defaultProfiler, new Exception("stacktrace"));
         }
 
         return defaultProfiler;
diff -r ce3e82112d76 profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/ProfilerModule.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/ProfilerModule.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/ProfilerModule.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
                                      // to run correctly - it needs to know the saved JVM executable file/version to run.
 
         MiscUtils.deleteHeapTempFiles();
-        Profiler.getDefault();
+       // Profiler.getDefault();
     }
 
     /**
diff -r ce3e82112d76 profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/GetCmdLineArgumentsAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/GetCmdLineArgumentsAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/GetCmdLineArgumentsAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
         );
         putValue("noIconInMenu", Boolean.TRUE); //NOI18N
         
-        updateEnabledState();
-        Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
+        //updateEnabledState();
+        //Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
     }
 
     //~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -r ce3e82112d76 profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/InternalStatsAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/InternalStatsAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/InternalStatsAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
         ));
         putValue("noIconInMenu", Boolean.TRUE); //NOI18N
         
-        updateEnabledState();
-        Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
+        //updateEnabledState();
+        //Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
     }
 
     //~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -r ce3e82112d76 profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/ProfilingAwareAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/ProfilingAwareAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/ProfilingAwareAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@
     //~ Constructors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     protected ProfilingAwareAction() {
-        Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
+        //Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
     }
 
     //~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     public boolean isEnabled() {
         if (!NetBeansProfiler.isInitialized()) {
-            return false;
+            return true;
         }
 
         boolean shouldBeEnabled = false;
diff -r ce3e82112d76 profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/RerunAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/RerunAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/RerunAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
     public RerunAction() {
         putProperty(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION, NbBundle.getMessage(RerunAction.class, "HINT_RerunAction")); //NOI18N
-        Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
+     //   Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
     }
 
     //~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -r ce3e82112d76 profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/StopAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/StopAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:00:23 2008 +0100
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/StopAction.java	Tue Dec 02 11:24:10 2008 +0100
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
     //~ Constructors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     public StopAction() {
-        updateDisplayName();
-        updateEnabledState();
-        Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
+        //updateDisplayName();
+        //updateEnabledState();
+        //Profiler.getDefault().addProfilingStateListener(this);
     }
 
     //~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------