While opening a file, the error "IOException: Could not get shell folder ID list" occurs.

Troubleshooting

Summary

The exception "IOException: Could not get shell folder ID list" occurs on some Windows systems when you try to open a file. What can you do?

This article was written for an older version. It is only online as a reference for customers using this old version. The information it contains is probably out of date.

The latest information can be found in the yFiles documentation

Description

Since yEd 3.5, the workaround mentioned below is included and the error should not appear anymore.

The exception is caused by an error in Java on some Windows systems. We were not able to reproduce it here. You can try to use one of the user level workarounds proposed by commenters of the above mentioned bug report.

Categories this article belongs to:

yEd

Applies to:

yEd: 3.3, 3.4

Keywords:

yEd - Load - Import - IOException - Could not get shell folder ID list