JFileChooser causes "java.exe - Application Error"

Question

Hi,
When I'm closing an JFileChooser dialog (by e.g. pressing ok or cancel) a second or so later my JVM terminates with the error message "java.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0*6d0ea46e" referenced a memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to treminate the program".
I turned on verbose output from the JVM and the last printout was:
[Loaded javax.swing.Autoscroller from C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\jre\lib\rt.jar]
[Dynamic-linking native method sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.removeNativeDropTarget ... JNI]
result 1
[Dynamic-linking native method sun.awt.windows.WFramePeer.getState ... JNI]
[Loaded java.awt.EventDispatchThread$StopDispatchEvent from C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\jre\lib\rt.jar]
[Dynamic-linking native method sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.shutdown ... JNI]
No exception is shown.
I have uninstall all old JVMs and reinstalled JDK 5.0. This does not help.
This simple program causes the termination of the JVM:
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("0");
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
System.out.println("1");
int result = -2;
try {
result = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(null);
} catch (HeadlessException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("result " + result);
try {
Thread.sleep(5000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("2");
I receive the printout "result" but not "2".
I appriciate any help!
BR
/Marcus

Answer 1

No, this is very bad. Any time you see a message like this mentioning a memory address, it means that java, not you, has crashed. There's no way for you to fix this. The only thing you can try is to work around it.
My suggestions:
1. Report it to Sun. Make sure you include your system info (processor, memory, computer manufacturer) and what version of java you're using
2. Try downloading and installing a different version of java