Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 23

What happened

I have been using the program for quite some time now and now all of a sudden I cant open any project. Every time I press open project it returns with an unexpected exception. The message is the following, Cannot invoke "String.matches(String)"because the return value of "java.io.File.to.String()"is null. If I press show details it also shows that a java.lang.NullPointerException has occured. I have tried uninstalling netbeans and reinstalling it several times and still the same thing. I did the same thing with the jdk but I still get the same error
messages.log

Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component

NetBeans Platform Application

How to reproduce

basically just by pressing open project or pressing ctrl+shift+o it should show the unexpected exception message I mentioned above

Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

No / Don't know

Operating System

windows 11 version 10.0

JDK

jdk-23_windows-x64_bin

Apache NetBeans packaging

Apache NetBeans provided installer

Anything else

Basically the problem occurs every time I try to open a project in netbeans

Are you willing to submit a pull request?

Yes