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Bug 166899

Summary: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializer exception -- java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding
Product: platform Reporter: pjdevries <pjdevries>
Component: Options&SettingsAssignee: Jiri Skrivanek <jskrivanek>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: blocker CC: anebuzelsky
Priority: P2    
Version: 6.x   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter:
Attachments: messages.log

Description pjdevries 2009-06-11 07:42:09 UTC
A java.lang.ExceptionInInitializer exception has occurred.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
	at java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Properties.java:492)
	at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:330)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.preferences.PropertiesStorage.load(PropertiesStorage.java:201)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.preferences.NbPreferences.properties(NbPreferences.java:188)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.preferences.NbPreferences.getSpi(NbPreferences.java:110)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.preferences.NbPreferences.put(NbPreferences.java:130)
	at java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences.putLong(AbstractPreferences.java:396)
	at org.netbeans.modules.uihandler.Installer.<clinit>(Installer.java:205)
Caused: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
	at org.openide.util.SharedClassObject.createInstancePrivileged(SharedClassObject.java:641)
	at org.openide.util.SharedClassObject$SetAccessibleAction.run(SharedClassObject.java:1001)
	at org.openide.util.SharedClassObject$SetAccessibleAction.run(SharedClassObject.java:993)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.openide.util.SharedClassObject.findObject(SharedClassObject.java:515)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.loadCode(NbInstaller.java:397)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.load(NbInstaller.java:340)
	at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:906)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.installNew(ModuleList.java:428)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.trigger(ModuleList.java:364)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleSystem.restore(ModuleSystem.java:276)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Main.java:165)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.start(Main.java:312)
	at org.netbeans.core.startup.TopThreadGroup.run(TopThreadGroup.java:110)
[catch] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Comment 1 pjdevries 2009-06-11 07:43:02 UTC
Created attachment 83429 [details]
messages.log
Comment 2 Jiri Skrivanek 2009-06-15 12:00:43 UTC

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 164580 ***