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D Burbridge commented on NETBEANS-1537:
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Geertja, the problem for those of us with the issue is that it happens *every*
time, therefore it's 100% reproduceable on our systems:-)
Anyway, here's something to try, which seems to create another instance of the
error message:
(1) Create an dummy file somewhere on your system, e.g. c:\temp\test.txt
(2) Create a shortcut to the file on your desktop(*). This will now have
"Target:" set to "c:\temp\test.txt", and "Start in:" set to "c:\temp"
(3) Delete the dummy file
(4) In Netbeans, go to "File" | "Open Project..."
Expected Result:
The project selection dialog should be shown.
Actual Result:
A "Problem with Shortcut" error message is shown, followed by another one
"netbeans64.exe Windows cannot find the target."
(*)This at least produces the problem. It seems that if the broken shortcut is
anywhere on the search path it will produce the error dialog. I have also tried
putting the broken shortcut in "My Documents" (produces error message), and in
a non-specific folder (doesn't produce error message).
So it would seem that the Netbeans file chooser dialog is searching the path
and reporting an error for all broken shortcuts. A useful function, admittedly,
if you need to know, but not actually what I want to use Netbeans for!
> File - Open... "Windows cannot find the target"
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: NETBEANS-1537
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-1537
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: platform - Dialogs&Wizards
> Affects Versions: 8.2, 9.0, 10.0
> Environment: Product Version: Apache NetBeans IDE 9.0 (Build
> incubator-netbeans-release-334-on-20180708)
> Updates: NetBeans IDE is updated to version NetBeans 8.2 Patch 2
> Java: 1.8.0_192; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.192-b12
> Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_192-b12
> System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_GB (nb), Windows
> 10 version 10.0 running on amd64; UTF-8; en_US (nb)
> Reporter: D Burbridge
> Priority: Critical
> Labels: dialog, file, menu, open, save
> Attachments: NetBeans64_debug.TXT
>
>
> When trying to access any file dialog, I get the message:
>
> netbeans64.exe
> Windows cannot find the target.
> OK
>
> Clicking OK repeats the message several times, until it finally clears.
> Plus, in the log I have:
>
> WARNING [org.netbeans.modules.progress.spi.InternalHandle]: Cannot switch to
> silent mode when not running at
> org.netbeans.core.ui.warmup.MenuWarmUpTask$NbWindowsAdapter$1HandleBridge.run(MenuWarmUpTask.java:244)
>
> (repeated several times again)
> It seems to be the file browsing dialog box that's the problem, as it arises
> on all those I've tested so far:
> File - Open Project
> File - Open File
> File - Save As
> File - Import Project - From Zip - Browse
> Tools - Options - Java - Ant - Browse
>
> I tried deactivating all plugins but the error still occurred, so it looks
> like it's a netbeans issue, not 3rd party. (In fact, all I achieved was the
> complete loss of my plugins as I don't seem to be able to reactivate them
> now!)
>
> The other factor to be aware of is that there are a number of shortcuts on my
> desktop which are currently invalid. I wonder if there is some checking going
> on within the dialog to see where those shortcuts go, but it's creating the
> error I'm seeing? In which case, the checking needs to be done silently -
> after all, invalid shortcuts aren't unusual, especially when working offline.
> Besides, the error comes up (5-6 times) not just when the "Open file" dialog
> comes up, but 2-3 times every time I change directory within that dialog!
>
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