on which java release is your netbeans running, that maybe relevant.
from they start of the stacktrace you may infer that the problem can be in a properties file or the Path thereof. there could be a wrongly interpreted Unicode character. met vriendelijke groet Pieter van den Hombergh Op wo 10 jan 2024 10:38 schreef John Lavelle <j...@jql.co.uk>: > Hi, > > On starting Netbeans 20, just after the background scanning external files > ends, I am getting the exception shown below. Netbeans seems to be > functioning correctly. > > Steps to recreate the problem: Start Netbeans 20 with two open projects > OS: Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon (5.4.0-150-generic) > ____________________________________ > Unexpected Exception Category: Error > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding. > at java.base/java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Properties.java:662) > at java.base/java.util.Properties.load0(Properties.java:455) > at java.base/java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:408) > at > org.netbeans.modules.lsp.client.bindings.CustomIndexerImpl.handleStoredFiles(CustomIndexerImpl.java:83) > at > org.netbeans.modules.lsp.client.bindings.CustomIndexerImpl.access$000(CustomIndexerImpl.java:46) > at > org.netbeans.modules.lsp.client.bindings.CustomIndexerImpl$FactoryImpl.filesDeleted(CustomIndexerImpl.java:122) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Work.delete(RepositoryUpdater.java:2595) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$AbstractRootsWork.lambda$scanSource$3(RepositoryUpdater.java:5728) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater.lambda$runInContext$4(RepositoryUpdater.java:2119) > at org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups.executeWith(Lookups.java:288) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater.runInContext(RepositoryUpdater.java:2117) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater.runInContext(RepositoryUpdater.java:2098) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater.access$1400(RepositoryUpdater.java:135) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$AbstractRootsWork.scanSource(RepositoryUpdater.java:5770) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$AbstractRootsWork.scanSources(RepositoryUpdater.java:5443) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$RootsWork.getDone(RepositoryUpdater.java:5075) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$InitialRootsWork.getDone(RepositoryUpdater.java:5842) > [catch] at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Work.doTheWork(RepositoryUpdater.java:3452) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Task._run(RepositoryUpdater.java:6197) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Task.access$3400(RepositoryUpdater.java:5855) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Task$2.lambda$call$0(RepositoryUpdater.java:6116) > at org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups.executeWith(Lookups.java:288) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.RunWhenScanFinishedSupport.performScan(RunWhenScanFinishedSupport.java:83) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Task$2.call(RepositoryUpdater.java:6116) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Task$2.call(RepositoryUpdater.java:6112) > at > org.netbeans.modules.masterfs.filebasedfs.utils.FileChangedManager.priorityIO(FileChangedManager.java:153) > at > org.netbeans.modules.masterfs.providers.ProvidedExtensions.priorityIO(ProvidedExtensions.java:335) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.nb.DataObjectEnvFactory.runPriorityIO(DataObjectEnvFactory.java:118) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.Utilities.runPriorityIO(Utilities.java:67) > at > org.netbeans.modules.parsing.impl.indexing.RepositoryUpdater$Task.run(RepositoryUpdater.java:6112) > at > java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) > at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1420) > at > org.netbeans.modules.openide.util.GlobalLookup.execute(GlobalLookup.java:45) > at org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups.executeWith(Lookups.java:287) > at > org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2035) > > > > Best regards, > John > > >