So I was making a java program in Netbeans IDE 8.2 and when I tried to run it, I got this error:
Error: Could not find or load main class helloworld.HelloWorld
C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\8.2\executor-snippets\run.xml:53: Java returned: 1
BUILD FAILED (total time: 1 second)
(Assume that helloworld is my project name and HelloWorld is my class name)
Everything was fine before, and I can't think of what I did that would cause this error to happen. This is the first time this error has happened to me so I don't know what to do. The code doesn't seem to have any errors.
Other projects of mine seemed to also have the exact same problem even though I haven't opened or edited them in weeks prior to this error occurring.
I tried many other ways but none of them seems to do the trick. Including deleting the cache folder and setting the main class through the properties tab.
Here's a screenshot of my code with the error, my name is crossed out:
Even if I type my code directly in the main class, which is class6homework.java, the error still occurs but it says class6homework.class6homework instead of the one in the screenshot.
Any ideas on how I could fix this?
UPDATE: I got it to work by moving the folder that contains the project to my desktop, didn't know why it wouldn't work in my original location. Thanks for the help.
Perhaps you don't have the main method included. If that is not the problem, try right clicking your class in the project tree and look for an option that says "Set as main class" or something like that
Possible Fixes:
Fix 1
Go to project properties (right click on the folder of your project in netbeans)
On left tab where it shows the categories, click on the "Run" selection
Then click on Browse to find the Main class you use on your project
Fix 2
Go to C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Netbeans
delete the Cache folder.
Rebuild and Run
Fix 3
Download most recent version of Netbeans
Fix 4
Download most recent version of JDK and configure Netbeans to use that
I have worked with NetBeans in the past and I wanted to work with it again, it was a long process of installing but I finally got it, and now that I am here it will not let me run my projects.
For one: It does not create a project with ant(at all)
For two: whenever I create a class it does not automatically close the name the class screen
For Three: When I right-click my class the run-file option is greyed out
For four: When I click run project the screen is stuck on "Initializing view, please wait..."
I really need to get this to work and I just can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong or if I am even doing something wrong.
Regarding the 4th problem:
You need to set the main class in your project.
Right Click on the project folder, then click properties.
Get to the tab run.
Now type in the direction of your Main class you want to run:
package + name of the class
example:
package name: com.mycompany.myproject
class name: MyClass.java
-> directory of Main Class: com.mycompany.myproject.MyClass
click ok and try again
Worked for me
Some suggestions to try:
Run a clean and build
Right click the project --> properties --> ensure the correct main class is set
Upgrade and/or restart NetBeans
Good luck!
Had the same issue, couldn't get it to work for the life of me, installed the latest version and everything went smoothly. I suggest not wasting time troubleshooting as I did, but instead updating to the latest version first.
Below is the code in eclipse,
public class MBILogin extends
com.sterlingcommerce.woodstock.ui.servlet.MBILogin
These are two different MBILogin from two different packages.
I am unable to find the second MBILogin class in the jar file. I have used a decompiler for illustration.
When I hover over it with my cursor, it shows an error error to the effect of "create MBILogin class in such and such a package" or "fix the project," but I'm able to build the project successfully and the application works as expected.
I am unable to discover where the MBILogin class (in that com.sterlingcommerce.woodstock.ui.servlet package) is coming from.
Please give any suggestions to find that class file.
Eclipse provides an easy way to track the project/library where a class is located on:
On a source code window, simply hover the name of the searched class while pressing CTRL. Then click on it, and let Eclipse open it on a new window (no matter if it shows just bytecode and no source code).
Then, you must click on the Link with editor button of the project explorer view: This will show the library/project where the class in active editor window is located.
When I create a new class inside a package for some reason it creates two class files: one inside of the package and one out of it. I wanted to know why this is happening? Also, at times, Eclipse are kind of "hiding" some of my classes, so that they do not appear in the project explorer, although when you create a new class file with the same name of the class that disappeared, it says the class already exists...
When I refresh (F5) the package, these problems are sort of solved. But they happen again when I create a new class or when I restart Eclipse. So I wanted a different solution from keep pressing F5 everytime...
So I had this same problem and it may be for the same reason. The problem can be because you are creating the .java files in the Project Explorer window. Close this window. Then, go to Window -> Show View -> Package Explorer. Then create your .java files there. The issue is that the Project Explorer window looks EXACTLY the same way as the Package Explorer.
#Rammohan's answer helped me but I can't vote it up or apparently add a comment because of low reputation. Being new to Eclipse I didn't get what he meant at first, so wanted to add a little detail for other people.
From the top menu it's Window -> Perspective -> Open Perspective -> Java.
I had unwittingly switched to the Debug perspective and had the double-creation problem happening in src/test/java (but not in src/main/java, still don't get why). Switching to the Java perspective cleared it right up.
I also had same problem with eclipse. This issue is resolved after changing Perspective mode from "Debug" to "Java". Two same class files appear when Eclipse Perspective is in "Debug" mode. In "Java" perspective, this issue is resolved.
Hope this helps if someone facing same issue.
So I'm making a java application in Neatbeans 7.4, been working at it for a while, everything was fine, running the project worked fine, but now when I hit run project, I get the error
Error: Could not find or load main class phleveledit.MainWindow
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
I can't think of what I did right before this started happening, so I don't know what I should change.. The code doesn't appear to have any errors. Here's a screenshot of the IDE+project folder
Image (http://puu.sh/5ldYB) :
Any ideas?
Edit: Unfortunately I happened to fix this problem by removing some code, which probably had some errors Netbeans couldn't detect, but I don't know what was exactly wrong so can't vote on a correct answer.
Right click on your Project in the project explorer
Click on properties
Click on Run
Make sure your Main Class is the one you want to be the entry point. (Make sure to use the fully qualified name i.e. mypackage.MyClass)
Click OK.
Clean an build your project
Run Project :)
If you just want to run the file, right click on the class from the package explorer, and click Run File, or (Alt + R, F), or (Shift + F6)
Just close the Netbeans. Go to C:\Users\YOUR_PC_NAME\AppData\Local\Netbeans and delete the Cache folder. The open the Netbeans again and run the project.
It works like magic for me.
(AppData folder might be hidden probably, if so, you need to make it appear in Folder Options).
You can :
RightClick on project node and go to Set configuration
Select the main class for your application.
Then clean and build.
Even if the above steps don't work for you then then delete the Netbeans cache by deleting the (index) folder
User\.netbeans\SOME_NUMBER_reflecting_your_version\var\cache\index\
Sometimes due to out of memory space error, NetBeans does not load or find main class.
If you have tried setting the properties and still it is not working then try
Select the project from the project explorer
Click on Run in the Menu Bar
Click on Compile
It worked for me.
This condition happens to me every 6-months or so. I think it happens when closing NetBeans under very low memory conditions. I discovered that it could be easily corrected by (1) Rename your project, including its folder name using right-click on project explorer's project name---I put a simple suffix on the original name ("_damaged"). (2) Try BUILD. If that is successful, which it is for me, give three cheers. (3) Repeat step (1) to restore the original project name. BUILD and RUN should start without trouble.
I guess that the 'rename the project and folder' process causes a special rediscovery of the applications main location.
Try to rename the package name and the class/jframe names... The clean and build the application.
Right Click on the package name
Go to Refactor
Select Rename
Give it a meaningful name, preferably all in small letters
Click on Refactor
Do the same for the class/jframe names.
Last Select Run from Menu
7.Select Clean and build main project
That should do it!!! All best
I had the same issue once. The problem was not in the code. The cause was... renaming the project folder to some other non supporting name. My project name was "MobStick" and I renamed it to "MobStick - May 26, 2014 04:00PM". Renaming it back to normal solved my problem.
I have run into this error a couple of times as well and for me the above solutions did not work. What does seem to work is going to the Project Properties, and under Compiling toggling Compile on Save.
Using NetBeans 8.1, I got the dread
Error: Could not find or load main class
from carelessly leaving an empty line in the Project Properties > Run > VM Options field. Until you click in the field, you may not see the caret flashing out of place. Remove the empty line to restore equanimity.
I just ran into this problem. I was running my source from the command line and kept getting the same error. It turns out that I needed to remove the package name from my source code and then the command line compiler was happy.
The solutions above didn't work for me so maybe this will work for someone else with a similar problem.
I had the same problem, I had the package and class named the same. I renamed the class, then clean and build. Then I set the main class in the "run" under the properties of the project. I works now.
I found the following steps useful:
Right-click on the project in the left toolbar.
Hover over the 'Set Configuration' item.
Click on 'Customize...'
Click on 'Browse...' by the 'Main Class:' item.
Select the correct class.
Click 'Select Main Class'.
Click 'OK'.
My problem was that, apparently, my package name was being listed twice. Selecting the class using the dialog changed 'aclass.MainClass' to just 'MainClass'.
Hope this helps,
-HewwoCraziness
Edit: This is expanding on Mary Martinez's answer.
You can solve it in these steps
Right-click on the project in the left toolbar.
Click on properties.
Click on Run
Click the browse button on the right side.(select your main class)
Click ok
Possible Fixes:
Fix 1
Go to project properties (right click on the folder of your project in netbeans)
On left tab where it shows the categories, click on the "Run" selection
Then click on Browse to find the Main class you use on your project
Fix 2
Go to C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Netbeans
delete the Cache folder.
Rebuild and Run
Fix 3
Download most recent version of Netbeans
Fix 4
Download most recent version of JDK and configure Netbeans to use that
I had the same problem for 3,4 days. On my PC my Jar file snapshot would give me this error while on my laptop it would work fine, I tried all the tricks shown above and on other forums like deleting cache, selecting main project file, etc, but somehow I was sure the reason it cannot find the main class when I would execute the JAR file was may be due to classpath issue in maven configuration, and I was right and I fixed it using following steps:
Right-click on the project, and go to the properties
Inside the properties go to Actions
On the right side in Actions select "Run Project" and you will see properties below
Inside "Set Properties" make sure exec.args=classpath %classpath "package_name"
In my case, the package name was accompanied by the main class. So my main class was Login while the package name was com.mycompany.islamic_center_app1, When I checked the entry was
com.mycompany.islamic_center_app1.Login
All I did was remove ".Login" from com.mycompany.islamic_center_app1 and it was fixed, no more errors.
close netbeans.
open netbeans again.
choose new project>>java application.
click next.
deselect create main class.
now make the application
clean build run
For more reference watch this video
try this it work out for me perfectly
go to project and right click on your java file at the right corner,
go to properties,
go to run,
go to browse, and then
select Main class.
now you can run your program again.
I had the same problem and I moved the project to a location where the path had no none-english letter and that fixed the problem
if you are on window os, then try to start NetBeans via administrative mode. right click on NetBeans icon and "Run as Administrative".
If none of the above works (Setting Main class, Clean and Build, deleting the cache) and you have a Maven project, try:
mvn clean install
on the command line.
Had the same problem here. Usually Clean and Build solves much of the problem. It happened to be caused by a wrongly installed plugin.
I faced the similar issue with Netbeans 10 and JDK 1.8.
I was not able to choose the right class to launch the project
When I compile or run the project, it shows me the Class name as "initializing view, please wait ...", I could not select the class name.
The issue was resolved with the NetBeans11.3, I am able to choose the correct Class file without any other changes, and the project is launched without any issues.
I had the same issue but none of this thread's solutions worked for me. Finally, it was OneDrive that caused the issue (for once more). So, I simply moved the NetBeansProjects folder from Documents which is synced with OneDrive, to C:\Users\yourName\AppData\Local\NetBeans (selected this path as there is already a NetBeans folder) and that was it, case closed.
If you also have NetBeansProjects to a OneDrive syncing folder it is worth trying this solution, just be sure that the path you will select is not synced with OneDrive. Also, remember to close Netbeans before making the folder change and after you move the folder to the new path you need just to open Netbeans again, go to file menu/open project and select your project from the new path.