Gradle Build struck in Collecting Project Dependencies Netbeans 11.2

[joe foe]

Hello ,

I have an issue with a gradle project that has dependencies on a network
drive.

My Configuration

WIndows 10 64 Bit pro
Netbeans 11.2
JDK 13
Gradle 5.6 and also 6.0


My build.gradle for a sample project is as follows

```
plugins {

id 'java-library'

}

repositories{
}

dependencies {

implementation fileTree (dir 'L:/installationpath/platform' ,include :
['**/*.jar'])

}

```
"L: Drive"  is a mapped network drive under windows

Problem is , Building this project works in powershell. But as soon as i
open this project in Netbeans the GUI is permanently struck in Collecting
Project dependencies.

I tried the same with Netbeans 11.0 and also with JDK 8 till 13 without any
success.

Any tips / solutions for this?

Thanks!