FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

FULL OS VERSION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Dell Latitude D810

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The VM crashes as I try to navigate in the Vista file system using the File -
Open -dialog. I ran it from within Eclipse. I retried from cmd-window: the results were the same. It crashed without producing any window. The hs_err_pid... is attached, and the output is below.

My colleague run the bug-script: he was not able to reproduce it. My colleague runs the same kind of software system, but with different hardware: another type of a Dell laptop. I know at least one difference: he is not able to run the Vista Aero, while I am.

Additional information:

   * The FileDialog chooser = new FileDialog(parent); worked fine, with
     no bugs.
   * The bug happens only in Java jre 1.6. It does not happen with Java
     jre 1.5.0_06
   * If I ran with Eclipses 'run' VM 1.6 crashed right away. If I ran
     with Eclipses 'debug' the VM opened the dialog, but crashed as I
     tried to change to any directory. I was at 'My Documents'.
   * I tried with JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser("c:\\"); but
     it did not help. Again, it did crash at first attempt to change
     directory.

THE PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH -Xint FLAG: Did not try

THE PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH -server FLAG: Did not try

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Execute testcase provided below

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Attached seperatly

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------

----------------- Script that caused no bug ----

import java.awt.FileDialog;
import java.awt.Frame;

public class FileBugDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
       Frame parent = new Frame();
       FileDialog chooser = new FileDialog(parent);
       chooser.setVisible(true);
       //JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser("c:\\");
       //int returnVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(parent);
       //System.out.println(returnVal);
   }
}

----------------- Script that caused bug ----

import java.awt.Frame;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

public class FileBugDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
       Frame parent = new Frame();
       JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
       int returnVal = chooser.showOpenDialog(parent);
       System.out.println(returnVal);
   }
}
----------------

---------- END SOURCE ----------


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced often.