diff --git a/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 73666e5e105..b57a2d8a49e 100644
--- a/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 2.1.1.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.1.100.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda.PDAPlugin
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,
diff --git a/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/PDAPlugin.java b/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/PDAPlugin.java
index 3fb7c98cdb5..d545b74d59f 100644
--- a/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/PDAPlugin.java
+++ b/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/PDAPlugin.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 package org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.MissingResourceException;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -153,13 +151,18 @@ public class PDAPlugin extends Plugin {
 	 * <code>IPath</code> in the plugin directory, or <code>null</code> if none.
 	 */
 	public static File getFileInPlugin(IPath path) {
-		try {
-			URL installURL = new URL(getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL(), path.toString());
-			URL localURL = Platform.asLocalURL(installURL);
-			return new File(localURL.getFile());
-		} catch (IOException ioe) {
-			return null;
+		if (true) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(
+					"The commented out code below has not worked in many years with a NullPointerException. Now the API that was returning null has been removed, see Bug 475944");
 		}
+		return null;
+		//		try {
+		//			URL installURL = new URL(getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL(), path.toString());
+		//			URL localURL = Platform.asLocalURL(installURL);
+		//			return new File(localURL.getFile());
+		//		} catch (IOException ioe) {
+		//			return null;
+		//		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/service/PDABackend.java b/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/service/PDABackend.java
index b9426f7698f..91ab830cb01 100644
--- a/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/service/PDABackend.java
+++ b/dsf/org.eclipse.cdt.examples.dsf.pda/src/org/eclipse/cdt/examples/dsf/pda/service/PDABackend.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugPlugin;
@@ -243,11 +242,15 @@ public class PDABackend extends AbstractDsfService {
 		commandList.add(javaVMExec);
 
 		commandList.add("-cp");
-		try {
-			commandList.add(File.pathSeparator + PDAPlugin.getFileInPlugin(new Path("bin")) + File.pathSeparator
-					+ new File(Platform.asLocalURL(PDAPlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL()).getFile()));
-		} catch (IOException e) {
+		if (true) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(
+					"The commented out code below has not worked in many years with a NullPointerException. Now the API that was returning null has been removed, see Bug 475944");
 		}
+		//		try {
+		//			commandList.add(File.pathSeparator + PDAPlugin.getFileInPlugin(new Path("bin")) + File.pathSeparator
+		//					+ new File(Platform.asLocalURL(PDAPlugin.getDefault().getDescriptor().getInstallURL()).getFile()));
+		//		} catch (IOException e) {
+		//		}
 
 		commandList.add("org.eclipse.cdt.examples.pdavm.PDAVirtualMachine");