### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.rse.remotecdt
Index: src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/remotecdt/RemoteCMainTab.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/dsdp/org.eclipse.tm.rse/examples/org.eclipse.rse.remotecdt/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/remotecdt/RemoteCMainTab.java,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 RemoteCMainTab.java
--- src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/remotecdt/RemoteCMainTab.java	18 Jul 2007 10:54:12 -0000	1.6
+++ src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/remotecdt/RemoteCMainTab.java	31 Aug 2007 18:21:14 -0000
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.rse.files.ui.dialogs.SystemRemoteFileDialog;
 import org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core.subsystems.IRemoteFile;
 import org.eclipse.rse.ui.RSESystemTypeAdapter;
+import org.eclipse.rse.ui.RSEUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.rse.ui.actions.SystemNewConnectionAction;
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
 import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyEvent;
@@ -328,8 +329,12 @@
 	}
 	
 	protected void updateConnectionPulldown() {
-		connectionCombo.removeAll();
-		IHost[] connections = RSECorePlugin.getTheSystemRegistry().getHostsBySubSystemConfigurationCategory("shells"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	    connectionCombo.removeAll();
+            // start RSEUIPlugin to make sure the SystemRegistry is initialized.
+            boolean isRegistryActive = RSEUIPlugin.isTheSystemRegistryActive();
+            if (isRegistryActive) {
+                    IHost[] connections = RSECorePlugin.getTheSystemRegistry()
+                                    .getHosts();
 		for(int i = 0; i < connections.length; i++) {
 			IRSESystemType sysType = connections[i].getSystemType();
 			RSESystemTypeAdapter a = (RSESystemTypeAdapter)sysType.getAdapter(RSESystemTypeAdapter.class);
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@
 		
 		if(connections.length > 0)
 			connectionCombo.select(connections.length - 1);
+            }
 	}
     
 	protected void updateTargetProgFromConfig(ILaunchConfiguration config) {