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Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.1 Beta (Build 201508041349) Operating System = Windows 8 version 6.2 running on amd64 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_51 Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.51-b03 In a c/c++ project, if I set the console type to "External Terminal", running the project produces the error: "Unable to find any valid shell. It is needed for execution in the external terminal. Will start in OutputWindow". I did the exact same steps in Netbeans 8.0.1 and everythin worked without issue.
Created attachment 156131 [details] IDE log
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probably it is a duplicate of the bug #255936