FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1-b21)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1-b21, mixed mode)

FULL OS VERSION :
 customer  Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When using the JFileChooser, the 'Create New Folder' button is disabled when the user has navigated to:

1) The root of any drive
2) The user's 'My Documents' folder.
3) The Desktop

In all of these cases, the creation of a new folder should be allowed as it is in any other Windows application.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Create a JFileChooser
2. Navigate to the root of a drive.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
The 'Create New Folder' button should be enabled.
The 'Create New Folder' button is disabled.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
chooser.showOpenDialog(parent);
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(Review ID: 182806) 
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Posted Date : 2005-11-08 00:52:18.0

N/A

This bug is caused by java.io bug 4939819, and depends on it being fixed.
Note: This bug should not be closed as a duplicate of that bug until after
verifying that it works as expected.

  xxxxx@xxxxx   2004-11-11 21:21:40 GMT

Looks 1.4.2 fixes 2 of the 3... The create new folder icon
is still disabled when you navigate to "My Documents"
folder. Is this going to be fixed in the final release? 

'New Folder' cannot create to 'My Music' and 'My Picture' 
and other Folder on WindowsXP(Japanese OS)

This bug is really annoying. 

I can work around it since I'm writing new code that needs the create directory function.  Using WXP SP2 swedish, JRE1.4.2_06

My Documents part of this bug STILL exists in jdk1.5

Here is my workaround:


	public static void main(String args[]) {

		....

		// A litte fix for WinXP
		if (System.getProperty("os.name").equals("Windows XP"))
			fixMyDocumentsRights();

		....
	}

	/**
	 * Fixes the fact that you can't create a folder in My Documents with
	 * JFileChooser unless a bit has been unset. This bit doesn't seem to affect
	 * Windows applications.
	 */
	public static void fixMyDocumentsRights() {
		try {
			Runtime.getRuntime().exec("attrib -r \"%USERPROFILE%/My Documents\"");
		} catch (IOException e) {
			log.warn(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

This bug persists in JDK1.6.0 (with My Documents, My Music, My Pictures and Desktop; drive roots are not affected).

The workaround ("attrib -r ...") doesn't work if My Documents is redirected to a network share.

And 1 year later, with the release of JDK1.6.0_04 is still there :(

Can the fix be backported to Java 6 as it's an important bug.

Thanks,

Carl Antaki

There is a similar fix suggested in this thread, but it has a minor flaw.
Try the below one instead, it works, (i have tested this)
try {
			Runtime.getRuntime().exec("attrib -r "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents"");
		} catch (IOException e) {
			log.warn(e.getMessage());
		}

Or if you want to suggest a workaround for the customers who already have this bug. Ask them to run the below command in a command prompt window
attrib -r "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents"

This is a one time requirement, it is sufficient if they run this once on the machine that faces this bug.