diff -r c05e59b7044f profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/AttachAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/AttachAction.java	Wed May 27 10:48:03 2009 +0200
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/AttachAction.java	Wed May 27 12:05:12 2009 +0200
@@ -54,8 +54,14 @@
 public final class AttachAction extends AbstractAction {
     //~ Constructors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    public AttachAction() {
+    private AttachAction() {
+        putValue(Action.NAME, NbBundle.getMessage(AttachAction.class, "LBL_AttachMainProjectAction")); // NOI18N
         putValue(Action.SHORT_DESCRIPTION, NbBundle.getMessage(AttachAction.class, "HINT_AttachMainProjectAction")); // NOI18N
+    }
+
+    private static final AttachAction DEF = new AttachAction();
+    public static AttachAction getDefault() {
+        return DEF;
     }
 
     //~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -r c05e59b7044f profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/ProfilerToolbarDropdownAction.java
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/ProfilerToolbarDropdownAction.java	Wed May 27 10:48:03 2009 +0200
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/ProfilerToolbarDropdownAction.java	Wed May 27 12:05:12 2009 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 import org.openide.awt.Actions;
 import org.openide.awt.DropDownButtonFactory;
+import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject;
 import org.openide.util.actions.Presenter;
 import java.awt.Component;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
@@ -85,10 +86,13 @@
     // --- Presenter.Toolbar implementation --------------------------------------
     public Component getToolbarPresenter() {
         if (toolbarPresenter == null) {
+            final FileObject fo = FileUtil.getConfigFile(
+                "Actions/Profile/org-netbeans-modules-profiler-actions-AttachAction.instance"
+            );
             // gets the real action registered in the menu from layer
-            final Action attachAction = (Action)FileUtil.getConfigFile(
-                "Actions/Profile/org-netbeans-modules-profiler-actions-AttachAction.instance" // NOI18N
-            ).getAttribute("instanceCreate"); // NOI18N
+            final Action attachAction = fo != null ? 
+                (Action)fo.getAttribute("instanceCreate") : // NOI18N
+                getAttachAction();
 
             final JMenuItem dropdownItem1 = createDropdownItem(defaultAction);
             final JMenuItem dropdownItem2 = createDropdownItem(attachAction);
@@ -147,4 +151,8 @@
 
         return item;
     }
+
+    private static Action getAttachAction() {
+        return AttachAction.getDefault();
+    }
 }
diff -r c05e59b7044f profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/mf-layer.xml
--- a/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/mf-layer.xml	Wed May 27 10:48:03 2009 +0200
+++ b/profiler/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/mf-layer.xml	Wed May 27 12:05:12 2009 +0200
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
         <folder name="Profile">
             <attr name="SystemFileSystem.localizingBundle" stringvalue="org.netbeans.modules.profiler.actions.Bundle"/>
             <file name="org-netbeans-modules-profiler-actions-AttachAction.instance">
-                <attr name="delegate" newvalue="org.netbeans.modules.profiler.actions.AttachAction"/>
+                <attr name="delegate" methodvalue="org.netbeans.modules.profiler.actions.AttachAction.getDefault"/>
                 <attr name="displayName" bundlevalue="org.netbeans.modules.profiler.actions.Bundle#LBL_AttachMainProjectAction"/>
                 <attr name="iconBase" stringvalue="org/netbeans/modules/profiler/actions/resources/attach.png"/>
                 <attr name="instanceCreate" methodvalue="org.openide.awt.Actions.alwaysEnabled"/>