title: JFileChooser hangs sometimes
body: <p>I am running into the problem of the "hanging JFileChooser" as described in the following threads:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5309960" rel="noreferrer">http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5309960</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=724817" rel="noreferrer">http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=724817</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://x86.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5275999&amp;messageID=10156541" rel="noreferrer">http://x86.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5275999&amp;messageID=10156541</a></p>
  
  <p>I am using JVM 1.6.0_07-b06. It happens on Windows XP as well as on Windows Vista.</p>
  
  <p>Has anybody found a workaround for this yet?</p>