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Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.4 (Build 201310111528) Operating System = Windows 8 version 6.2 running on x86 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0-ea Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 25.0-b59
Created attachment 152701 [details] IDE log
Nothing suspicious in log file, based on the log the IDE is running at the end. Any other possibility : multi display configuration, ... ?
Can you update to the latest update of JDK 8 and still reproduce the problem? Any reason why you stay on 7.4 and not use the latest 8.0.2? When the NetBeans starts and you don't see it, please take a thread dump and attach here. Thanks. http://wiki.netbeans.org/GenerateThreadDump