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Choosing file ->"open project" I get a netbeans file browser with the directory combo that contains the folder hierarchy so I can see the current directory, and it's parent, and it's grandparent... Choosing file->"open file" I get a file browser with the directory combo that only contians the item "Desktop". The current directory is not even in the combo. This is a major annoyance as I have to drill down through Desktop->c:->... This also happens with Library->Add Jar/Folder and probably a few other places in netbeans A standard JFileChooser seems to have the correct behaviour.
this is a duplicate of well known issue 122577 see a workaround described in the issue to get rid off it *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 122577 ***