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Report from user (originally entered into issue 206513): I use Netbeans 7.3 on windows 8 (64bit) and this is actually quite easy to reproduce. All my files are stored on a samba server mounted on a local drive on a windows box I use. And although I use the same timeserver to time sync all the machines in the network, netbeans still complains sometimes that some files need to be reloaded (however that seems to be a different story). Anyway, to reproduce the bug in my env I do the following: 1) Make changes to a file and quickly save (works fine) 2) Make another quick change (write, delete a single character) and attempt a save (I'm in the habit of pressing a lots of ctrl+s) 3) At this time I get a: "Question" - File "..." was modified externally. Overwrite it? And this dialog box has two options: Yes / NO 4) However if I press Esc while the dialog box is still open (just to get rid of it mind you) the following happens: - the dialog box disappears - any attempts to save the file afterwards (ctrl+s) end up with the windows ding sound - the file/save option is disabled - any changes done to the file afterwards do not enable the file/save option or ctrl+s - the title of the file is still shown as bold in the file tabs (suggesting its changes are not saved)
What file types are involved - java, php or others? Could you test the problem in Dev build 201303052300 or later (downloadable from http://bits.netbeans.org/download/trunk/nightly/latest/ )? Thanks.
As mentioned in comment 88 in issue 206513 the problem no longer happens.