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1. Mount directory CPTest. 2. Select and copy directory "Startup". 3. Select directory "Development" of NetBeans. 4. Paste directory "Startup" - create link. 5. Restart NetBeans. 6. After restart, expand directory "CPTest" (root). The exception below is displayed and only one node - "QA Website" - is displayed in the directory "CPTest". 7. Expand directory "Development" of NetBeans. The directory "Startup" displayed is not the shadow directory of the original directory Startup, but it is "Startup" section from global settings of IDE. Cause: Shadow of the directory has bad representation on the disk - only name but not full path is written on the disk. java.lang.NullPointerException: at org.openide.filesystems.AbstractFileSystem.findResource(AbstractFileSystem.java:124) at org.openide.filesystems.Repository.findResource(Repository.java:355) at org.openide.loaders.DataShadow.deserialize(DataShadow.java:108) at org.openide.loaders.DataLoaderPool$ShadowLoader.handleFindDataObject(DataLoaderPool.java:567) at org.openide.loaders.DataLoader.findDataObject(DataLoader.java:133) at org.openide.loaders.DataLoaderPool.findDataObject(DataLoaderPool.java:358) at org.openide.loaders.FolderList.createBoth(FolderList.java:362) at org.openide.loaders.FolderList.getObjects(FolderList.java:241) at org.openide.loaders.FolderList.getChildrenList(FolderList.java:140) at org.openide.loaders.DataFolder.getChildrenList(DataFolder.java:220) at org.openide.loaders.FolderChildren$1.run(FolderChildren.java:183) at org.openide.util.Task.run(Task.java:127) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$ProcessorThread.run(RequestProcessor.java:402)
Priority is changed to P4 (normal).
verified.
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.