This Bugzilla instance is a read-only archive of historic NetBeans bug reports. To report a bug in NetBeans please follow the project's instructions for reporting issues.
Build: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201005192201) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 16.3-b01, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.6.0_20-b02 OS: Windows 7 User Comments: gorrus: Called "Open file" GUEST: tried to open a file with "Open File..." Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.pidlsEqual(Win32ShellFolder2.java:498) at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.equals(Win32ShellFolder2.java:491) at org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil.toFileObject(FileUtil.java:993) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.utils.MIMESupport.getFileMIMEType(MIMESupport.java:86) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.utils.filters.HeaderSourceFileFilter.accept(HeaderSourceFileFilter.java:73) at org.netbeans.modules.cnd.utils.filters.CndOpenFileDialogFilter$Adapter.accept(CndOpenFileDialogFilter.java:91)
Created attachment 99397 [details] stacktrace
http://www.dbvis.com/forum/message.jspa?messageID=10866
See: http://www.dbvis.com/forum/message.jspa?messageID=10866
Justify priority in case you believe this is not P3.
We are not going to fix it. To quote from the above URL: > I reverted to 1.6.0_18, and everything seems OK now. Thanks. > Hopefully, the guys at Oracle \[sic\] will fix this soon. :) Tonda can probably make sure that the issue is properly reported to JDK team.
This bug is similar to issue 183407. Both issues are related to a bug in jdk #6940843. This JDK bug has already been escalated and the fix is currently targeted at 6u21.
*** Bug 187980 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 183357 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed in JDk6u21