Netbeans 7.2 not starting

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I recently installed Netbeans 7.2 beta and it worked fine. Then I installed Netbeans 7.2 final release on top of beta and during the installation, Netbeans 7.1 and Netbeans 7.12 were there. Now when I launch Netbeans, it does not go beyond "loading modules" stage. Simply the Netbeans screen disappear few seconds after the launch. Then I did the following.

  • Uninstalled all the Netbeans versions and re-installed Netbeans 7.2
  • Deleted AppData/Netbeans folder
  • Deleted User/.nbi folder
  • Searched the registry and deleted Netbeans related entries. (But only one entry was found)
  • Deleted Netbeans Folder in Program Files folder.
  • Uninstalled and Re-installed in a separate drive.
  • Uninstalled and Re-installed under another user account.

None of the above worked, the only thing I did not try was to re-install the Windows XP operating system.

It there any option to try before re-installing the operating system?

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same thing happened to me ( netbeans would disappear). while I was searching for the solutions , it started ( after few minutes ) . Strange !!! - Prabesh Shrestha
This is might be posted in superuser.. - Marwen Trabelsi
I had the same problem... turns out i configured the wrong version of JDK during the instalation process. - David Freire

7 Answers

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I was having the same problem .... with netbeans 7.2 ,go to user/appdata/roaming/7.2/modules/ and delete all the jar files except docs,ext,locale folders ... and start the ide again... basically the problem betides when u update the ide after update when u start the ide it stuck to the loading module phase.

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First of all, you need to check proper version of JDK is installed. Netbeans 7.2 requires JDK 1.7, not 1.8.
You can check {Netbeans Install Path}/etc/netbeans.conf. There find netbeans_jdkhome and its value. Make sure you install JDK1.7 and this line netbeans_jdkhome="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25" for example.
If not, change the value to proper installation path.

2
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That's some stability issue with NetBeans 7.2

Just Kill and Restart the IDE and it should be fine.

1
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I had the same problem, make sure you have the required JDK version configured during the installation process.

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First tried everything to no avail, finally I had to uninstall NetBeans 7, then install NetBeans 8, which also aligned with my JDK 8. This resolved the issue for me. Hope this helps others.

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Make sure that right JDK directory chosen in the installation wizard if you not sure you can change it from C:\Program Files\NetBeans {netbeans version}\etc you will see a file which is netbeans.conf edit it(I am using Notepad++ for that) At the bottom of the file, you will see a line netbeans_jdkhome="C:\Program Files\Java\{jdk directory you want}" make sure it is valid JDK and it is JDK, not JRE

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Ah, finally this worked with me on version 11.3, delete this folder, then run the program again

C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans

here my main username is Dell, yours can be different ofcourse