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Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.0 RC2 (Build 200711201000) Java: 1.6.0_01; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.6.0_01-b06 System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1252; en_US (nb) ----------------------------------------------------------------- I wasn't doing anything with the update. In fact, I hadn't touched the IDE at all for some time before the exception alert popped up. java.lang.NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.ui.actions.AutoupdateCheckScheduler.checkUpdateElements(AutoupdateCheckScheduler.java:189) at org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.ui.actions.AutoupdateCheckScheduler.access$300(AutoupdateCheckScheduler.java:77) at org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.ui.actions.AutoupdateCheckScheduler$4.run(AutoupdateCheckScheduler.java:148) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:561) [catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:986)
Fixed in NB6.1 *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 121289 ***
The stacktrace is identical with 121289 => Verified->Closed