When using JFileChooser, the application crashed throwing java.lang.InternalError. This was found happening in Windows2000 professional edition and WindowsME.

Error seen in the console:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: Could not parse file path
        at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder.initFile(Native Method)
        at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder.getCanonicalFile(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI$DirectoryComboBoxModel.addI
tem(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI$DirectoryComboBoxModel.acce
ss$2200(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI.doDirectoryChanged(Unknown
Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI.access$2400(Unknown Source)

        at javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI$11.propertyChange(Unknown S
ource)
        at javax.swing.event.SwingPropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unkno
wn Source)
        at javax.swing.event.SwingPropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unkno
wn Source)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JFileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JFileChooser.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JFileChooser.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at FileChooserDemo.<init>(FileChooserDemo.java:21)
        at FileChooserDemo.main(FileChooserDemo.java:73)

Code to reproduce the bug:

import javax.swing.*;

class FileChooserTest {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFileChooser jfc = new JFileChooser();
  }
}