Product Version = NetBeans IDE 6.9 (Build 201006101454)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_18
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 16.0-b13

In a brandly new Maven Project, and doing nothing else but (in main method) :
new JFileChooser();

There is a NullPointer Exception. Stack trace below :

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2$1.call(Win32ShellFolder2.java:230)
        at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2$1.call(Win32ShellFolder2.java:225)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2$ComInvoker$3.run(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:480)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

The only class of the project is this one :

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

/**
 * Hello world!
 *
 */
public class App 
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
        new JFileChooser();
    }
}

Can be reproduce in all Maven project. Java "standard" projects works fine.

Thank you.