--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsFileChooserUI.java	Wed Jul 05 16:45:59 2017 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsFileChooserUI.java	Thu Jan 29 09:25:47 2009 -0800
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
     private JTextField filenameTextField;
     private FilePane filePane;
     private WindowsPlacesBar placesBar;
-    private boolean useShellFolder;
 
     private JButton approveButton;
     private JButton cancelButton;
@@ -210,10 +209,6 @@
         public ListSelectionListener createListSelectionListener() {
             return WindowsFileChooserUI.this.createListSelectionListener(getFileChooser());
         }
-
-        public boolean usesShellFolder() {
-            return useShellFolder;
-        }
     }
 
     public void installComponents(JFileChooser fc) {
@@ -625,15 +620,8 @@
         // Decide whether to use the ShellFolder class to populate shortcut
         // panel and combobox.
         JFileChooser fc = getFileChooser();
-        Boolean prop =
-            (Boolean)fc.getClientProperty("FileChooser.useShellFolder");
-        if (prop != null) {
-            useShellFolder = prop.booleanValue();
-        } else {
-            useShellFolder = fc.getFileSystemView().equals(FileSystemView.getFileSystemView());
-        }
         if (OS_VERSION.compareTo(OSInfo.WINDOWS_ME) >= 0) {
-            if (useShellFolder) {
+            if (FilePane.usesShellFolder(fc)) {
                 if (placesBar == null && !UIManager.getBoolean("FileChooser.noPlacesBar")) {
                     placesBar = new WindowsPlacesBar(fc, XPStyle.getXP() != null);
                     fc.add(placesBar, BorderLayout.BEFORE_LINE_BEGINS);
@@ -1149,6 +1137,8 @@
                 return;
             }
 
+            boolean useShellFolder = FilePane.usesShellFolder(chooser);
+
             directories.clear();
 
             File[] baseFolders;