Can't find main class in NetBeans 6.9 - netbeans

Whenever I load NetBeans 6.9 (similar errors happened on previous versions also) then I let NetBeans finish scanning my projects and once it's done I try to run a profile which points to a class with a main method, NetBeans always says the main class is not found, even though it shows up in the list of classes once the error pops up.
If I select the class from the list and hit OK, the same error happens again (main class not found).
If I compile the main class, I still get the same problem.
I think I still get the same issue if I rebuild the entire project.
-> when I compile the main project it compiles all projects, even those that are closed.
What is going on?
The only way I have found so far to work around this is to close the project and re-open it and wait for the project scan to finish again.
This is incredibly annoying. Is there a fix for this?
Another strange thing I noticed is that my project seems to be building into the wrong JAR file name (though if I do the above step of closing and reopening the project it still works). I have two projects with different names, and even after having closed the other project and restarted NetBeans a lot of times, when I build the first project it uses the JAR file name for the second project that has been closed for a long time.

I fixed a very similar behaviour by deleting NetBeans's cache. Delete the folder User\.netbeans\6.9\var\cache\index\.
Windows 7 and Netbeans 7.2:
User\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\7.2\index

I didn't read the complete question, but try: Right click project > properties > run > browse for main class
Else try making a new project and then copy the scr folder from the old one to the new project.

For windows 8
Delete this directory C:\Users\Shubham\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache
Before doing so close netbeans.
Start Netbeans again and let it read the project.
Test project. Run project. It should work fine.

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Can I restore a netbeans project from the .jar file?

Ack! I'm in a pickle here. An app developer friend of mine were both laid-off, when we came back and were trying to get projects up and running again one of our Projects in NetBeans won't work properly. I have the .jar file, but when I go in to re-load the project in NetBeans to makes some tweaks, the nbproject folder is totally missing (as you can see in the screen shot.)
This project hasn't been touched in at least two years and is housed on a Remote Computer, I can't just right click and restore a previous version. Is there another way to restore this project without having to totally rebuild it?
Be patient with me, I'm not all that experienced with these things. But, as you can see, the nbproject folder is just simply gone. I'd love to say when this happened, but I have no idea. I've tried to look for a previous version but there is no previous version on this remote computer. I've tried everything I can think of to restore the missing folder, now I'm trying to find out if there is a way to import the .jar and rebuild from that.

Running Vaadin in Eclipse+Tomcat appends full class path to .java file, which throws 404

While I have plenty of experience with Eclipse, I am very new to Vaadin. I'm having a simple issue when running my project. By default the project runs as...
http://localhost:8080/Sample_App/WEB-INF/classes/com/example/sample/Sample_Application.java
...which throws a 404 error, forcing me to manually adjust it every time I run. Instead I obviously want it to run as...
http://localhost:8080/Sample_App
How do I go about adjusting this? (I tried the proposed solution here which isn't working for me)
Almost stupid how simple the answer was.
When running the project, instead of highlighting the class file in the Project Explorer, highlight the very base of the project before running. This is what we want to run anyway, not the class file itself.

Eclipse Crash "java was started but returned exit code = -805306369"

I'm aware there is an identical post here but none of the proposed solutions have changed anything and they are quite old (problems to do with Java6) and seem to be referring to a bug to do with Eclipse.
My problem is when I am developing in Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers; either making changes to java files or changing dependencies etc, Eclipse randomly hangs and then freezes. I have to force close eclipse and I get this message
Things I have tried so far:
Restarted eclipse and PC
Added the -clean command to the very beginning of the eclipse.ini file
Created a brand new work space and attempted to develop in that
I'm running on the latest version of Java (1.7.0_13) and haven't got a clue what to do next.
The problem has happened 4 or 5 times in a number of different occasions:
When I have tried to add a new package to the src folder
When I have tried to add a class to a package in the src folder
When I have tried to edit a class in a package in the src folder
When using Ctrl+Space in a class in the src folder
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated! Need to get this problem sorted so I can get developing for my 3rd Year University Project :)
java was started but returned exit code = -805306369
is caused by Eclipse´s corrupted workspace, I solved my problem with these 3 steps:
1) Go to your workspace and rename it.
2) Start your eclipse and by default it will create a workspace.
3) Go to File -> Switch Workspace, choose your original workspace.
After a lot of researching and filing bug reports to no avail I tried one last clear out of Java and fresh installs of Eclipse to try and fix the error and it seems to have worked.
Here is what I did:
Un-installed Eclipse for RCP and RAP developers
Un-installed Java from my PC and deleted any old Java folders that were left behind (I didn't do this in previous clear outs so maybe there was an old version of Java messing something up)
Did a fresh install of Eclipse for RCP and RAP developers and a fresh install of the latest Java
I also deleted my old PATH variable for Java in Environment Variables and put the new one at the front of all the other entries
This seems to have fixed the error for now so hopefully it won't be a short term fix
I opened another instance of eclipse and it prompted me to choose a new workspace. I did so and there it was resolved. Then I closed the new workspace and resorted back to old workspace as usual.
If using Maven projects, check pom.xml, this may corrupted. Mine resolved by fixing pom file.
java was started but returned exit code = -805306369 caused by Eclipse´s currupted workspace, I solved my problem with this 4 steps:
Close Eclipse.
Kill the adb from task manager.
Start Eclipse and by default it will create a workspace or start with new workspace.
Go to File -> Switch Workspace, choose your original workspace.

Eclipse - An internal error occurred during: "Compute launch button tooltip"

I launched Eclipse earlier to jot down a snippet and was faced with the following as an error when I tried to run a fresh project:
An internal error occurred during: "Compute launch button tooltip".
That popup window shows as soon as I mouse-over the run icon in the top bar, or if I right click on the class in the explorer window and select any of the run/debug options.
After doing some research on the error, I see several people who posted similar messages but they all have been fresh installs of Eclipse. So note that this is not a fresh install, and that Eclipse was working fine earlier today. Also note that not only does my new project not run (with the normal main method), but projects I was running earlier have all stopped working with the same error.
Finally, also be aware that after seeing other people's suggestions on fixing this, one specifically said to select run configurations from the top of the page run menu. When I selected run configurations from this dropdown, I got the following message:
Exception occurred creating launch configuration tabs
Reason: Plug-in org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui was unable to load class org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.LocalJavaApplicationTabGroup
After that message, the run window opens but all of the tabs are missing. Like where you can set the display width and height, and the other tabs, they are all missing from the window now.
I was using Eclipse trouble free earlier today and I am sure no updates took place between when Eclipse was working and now. My question is of multiple parts: What is wrong in a nutshell? What could have caused this?
Got this from another site of some guy who got this same error after upgrading.
Worked for me as well.
Apparently putting the following line in your eclipse.ini helps:
-Dcom.ibm.icu.util.TimeZone.DefaultTimeZoneType=ICU
Try setting the launch properties in:
Window>Preferences>Run/Debug(Expand)>Launching(Click)
Under launch Operations menu set it to:
Always launch the previously launched application
Click:
Apply>Ok
I never found out what went wrong, but a reinstall of eclipse fixed it. All projects survived seemingly undamaged.
Thanks for the reply on the .ini but that did no good.
I had same error today - in an eclipse installation (Juno SR2 64bit) that has been running fine for months.
0: There were no changes on svn for my projects since yesterday (when it was running fine).
1: I restored the workspace from a 'Windows 7 -> Properties -> previous copy' backup. This failed because the directory structure of the '.metadata' contains folders with a deeper structure than is supported.
2: I restored the workspace from a overnight archive (gzipped so file depth is not an issue).
This had no effect.
3: I tried to restore the eclipse installation directory (which seems to be updated an awful lot) from a 'Windows 7 -> Properties -> previous copy' backup. Again this failed - because of folder-depth issues (Note: it is installed in the root directory of my disk - so there is actually no way to use a restore on this installation!)
4: Had to delete the .metadata from my workspace and reinstall eclipse (and all the additional plugins), and re-import my projects, and setup all the servers, and android, etc, which took many hours.
The moral of the story? Backup both your workspace AND the eclipse installation every night manually. Windows Restore will NOT save you. Backing up your workspace is NOT enough.
I had the same problem using eclipse mars. I cleared the folder .recommenders\index
And that solved my issue.
Hope it helps.
incase you are having the eclipse files which you have downloaded from the official site .Just extract those file in the same folder where your previous eclipse was installed and select replace all.
best solution
I also encountered this issue, the reason why this issue occurred on my project was due to I was missing the JRE System Library in the root folder of my project.
To solve this issue, make sure you have the libraries like JRE System Libraries on the root folder of your project.

Eclipse hangs while opening workspace after upgrading to GWT 2.0/Google app engine 1.2.8

After upgrading to the newest GWT/Google app engine I have problems opening my workspace in Eclipse. On startup, Eclipse hangs almost immediately and needs to be closed. This happens only in the workspace where I use GWT with app engine, and I weren't able to consistently reproduce it - sometimes it starts normally, and sometimes I need to kill the proces and restart it. There is nothing in Eclipse error log. Eclipse version is Galileo, running on Windows 7 RC.
Anyone else had similar problems? I googled but Google is not my friend today.
EDIT: Still happens after upgrading to GWT 2.0.1.
I got frustrated with not being able to open my workspace today, and finally solved this by importing projects into a new clean workspace.
Create new workspace and open it in Eclipse (to create .metadata folder).
Close Eclipse.
Manually copy all settings from old workspace (the most important settings are stored in the .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings directory). Alternatively, you could use File / Export / General / Preferences in Eclipse, and then File / Import them, but I wasn't able to open workspace to do that.
Open the new workspace.
File / Import / General / Existing projects into workspace. Select root folder of your old workspace, and take care to check "Copy project into workspace".
Restart Eclipse and check that everything in the new workspace is working as it should.
Delete your old workspace.
EDIT: Another, and a bit better workaround which apparently works:
Close Eclipse.
Temporary move offending project somewhere out of the workspace.
Start Eclipse, wait for workspace to load (it should).
Close Eclipse again.
Move the project back to workspace.
I used "eclipse -refresh". Apparently it hangs on refresh something, the lower right corner tells you, what it's doing. For me it was refreshing the gwt runtime in a specific project, maybe trying to find an update or something. If you don't want to reimport your whole workspace, try -refresh or move this project temporarily out of the way.
I just deleted the state.dat file in the GWT project metadata, which seemed to remove the blocking and then triggered a recompilation.
<workspace>/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects/<GWT project>/org.eclipse.jdt.core/state.dat
This probably won't serve as a general solution, but it worked for me and it's a lot quicker than having to copy whole projects. Maybe another file will have the same effect. I think the trick is just to "damage" the GWT project metadata enough to have it rebuilt.