From fccf82603b42da3a9ac95efef2754a5e6c60a61b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidramnero <davidramnero@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:32:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] null-check ACPathEntry location

---
 .../com/googlecode/cppcheclipse/ui/ToolchainSettings.java  | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/com.googlecode.cppcheclipse.ui/src/com/googlecode/cppcheclipse/ui/ToolchainSettings.java b/com.googlecode.cppcheclipse.ui/src/com/googlecode/cppcheclipse/ui/ToolchainSettings.java
index 461edb7..34550f8 100644
--- a/com.googlecode.cppcheclipse.ui/src/com/googlecode/cppcheclipse/ui/ToolchainSettings.java
+++ b/com.googlecode.cppcheclipse.ui/src/com/googlecode/cppcheclipse/ui/ToolchainSettings.java
@@ -179,7 +179,12 @@ protected Collection<File> getIncludes(boolean onlyUserDefined) {
 					if (includePathSetting instanceof ACPathEntry) {
 						// let CDT do the resolution for all ACPathEntries which should cover all include settings
 						ACPathEntry includePathEntry = (ACPathEntry) includePathSetting;
-						includePath = includePathEntry.getLocation().toFile();
+						IPath location = includePathEntry.getLocation();
+					    if (location == null) {
+					        continue;
+					    }
+
+					    includePath = location.toFile();
 					} else {
 
 						// make path absolute