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Bug 137040 - Installer hangs and complains about another instance
Summary: Installer hangs and complains about another instance
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P1 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@installer
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Reported: 2008-06-11 20:17 UTC by agaton
Modified: 2008-06-12 10:21 UTC (History)
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Description agaton 2008-06-11 20:17:51 UTC 
Netbeans hangs on install attempt and the java.exe process is overheating at ~95%. Closing down the process and trying 
to run the installer again, it complains that another instance is running. This happens even if I restart the OS! If I 
choose to ignore the warning the installer gets into into its infinite loop once again.
Comment 1 agaton 2008-06-11 20:46:13 UTC 
From the last lines in \.nbi\log\20080611213917.log:

[2008-06-11 21:39:17.625]:     ... initializing look and feel
[2008-06-11 21:39:17.625]:         ... custom look and feel class name was not specified, using system default
[2008-06-11 21:39:17.750]:         ... class name: com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
[2008-06-11 21:39:17.750]:         ... get installed L&Fs
[2008-06-11 21:39:17.765]:         ... set specified L&F
[2008-06-11 21:39:23.125]:         ... check headless
[2008-06-11 21:39:23.125]:         ... creating JFileChooser object to check possible issues with UI

JFileChooser bug?
Comment 2 dlipin 2008-06-12 10:21:44 UTC 
Exactly!

http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/61/relnotes.html#known_issues-installer
(see the latest issue in the installer list)

Remove big zip files from the desktop or use Java5 for installer process:
netbeans-6.1-windows.exe --javahome <path-to-java5>