unusable dark menu bar in netbeans 7.1.2 running on ubuntu 12.04

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If you installed Netbeans IDE on the current Ubuntu Version 12.04 LTS and you cannot find the menubar, this is because it has a dark theme with dark fonts.
This is how to fix it:

locate the "netbeans.conf" file. Usually this file can be found under "<netbeans-location>/etc" .
In this file there should be a line starting with "netbeans_default_options".
Add the following argument to it: --laf Metal


Finally restart the netbeans IDE.

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