What causes all these JAVA errors?

So, I gotta say, I have been having nothing but trouble since Ver 1.0 came out.

Installed Ver 1.0 Compiled my code and uploaded. Code was acting funny and could not troubleshoot it.
Few days later, tried to start the IDE and got an error.....so I deleted the directories and reloaded Ver 1.0
Tried to compile only, and got the following...now how do I solve it?

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: Unknown constant tag 101 in class file javax/swing/JOptionPane
at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass0(ClassLoader.java:892)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:302)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:300)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)
at processing.app.Editor.checkModified(Editor.java:1958)
at processing.app.Base.handleClose(Base.java:753)
at processing.app.Editor$1.windowClosing(Editor.java:163)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1862)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:279)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1820)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: javax/swing/JOptionPane
at processing.app.Editor.checkModified(Editor.java:1958)
at processing.app.Base.handleClose(Base.java:753)
at processing.app.Editor$1.windowClosing(Editor.java:163)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1862)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:279)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1820)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: javax/swing/JOptionPane
at processing.app.Editor.checkModified(Editor.java:1958)
at processing.app.Base.handleClose(Base.java:753)
at processing.app.Editor$1.windowClosing(Editor.java:163)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1862)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:279)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1820)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: javax/swing/JOptionPane
at processing.app.Editor.checkModified(Editor.java:1958)
at processing.app.Base.handleClose(Base.java:753)
at processing.app.Editor$1.windowClosing(Editor.java:163)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1862)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:279)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1820)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: javax/swing/JOptionPane
at processing.app.Editor.checkModified(Editor.java:1958)
at processing.app.Base.handleClose(Base.java:753)
at processing.app.Editor$1.windowClosing(Editor.java:163)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1862)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:279)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1820)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassFormatError: javax/swing/JOptionPane
at processing.app.Editor.checkModified(Editor.java:1958)
at processing.app.Base.handleClose(Base.java:753)
at processing.app.Editor$1.windowClosing(Editor.java:163)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:332)
at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:1862)
at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:279)
at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:1820)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4630)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2099)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2475)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4460)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:269)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:184)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:174)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)

Tried to compile only, and got the following...now how do I solve it?

Looks to me like the IDE is being confused by your code. Perhaps you need to post it.

Hmmm. that's a fair bit of code. I'l consider it if this doesn't get resolved.

How do you suggest we proceed then?

Check which version of Java you have installed and that its compatible with the Arduino software?

You probably got your old files and new files mixed up. Did you install your 1.0 over your older setup?