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Build: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201710160002) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 9+181, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 9+181 OS: Windows 7 User Comments: GUEST: Tried opening Netbeans, that was all I did. kalwi: Imported NB settings from an older build (from 2017-09-29, continuously updated, running on jdk1.8.0_144) into the latest one (2017-10-16 running on JDK 9). The userdir was completely new, generated by the new NB. Stacktrace: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Key contains code point U+0000 at java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences.get(AbstractPreferences.java:296) at java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences.getBoolean(AbstractPreferences.java:531) at org.netbeans.core.windows.TopComponentTracker.load(TopComponentTracker.java:99) at org.netbeans.core.windows.PersistenceHandler.load(PersistenceHandler.java:126) at org.netbeans.core.windows.WindowSystemImpl.load(WindowSystemImpl.java:81) at org.netbeans.core.GuiRunLevel$InitWinSys.run(GuiRunLevel.java:229)
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