diff --git a/branding/pom.xml b/branding/pom.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>ch.psi</groupId>
-        <artifactId>fda.ui</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>branding</artifactId>
-    <packaging>nbm</packaging>
-
-    <name>fda.ui - NB App Branding</name>
-
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.netbeans.api</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org-netbeans-api-annotations-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${netbeans.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nbm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <!-- to have the jar plugin pickup the nbm generated manifest -->
-                    <useDefaultManifestFile>true</useDefaultManifestFile>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>compile</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target name="run">
-                                  <!-- http://blogs.kiyut.com/tonny/2007/08/06/netbeans-platform-branding-and-version-info/ -->
-<!--    <propertyfile
-        file="src/main//branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/Bundle.properties" 
-        comment="Updated by build script">
-        <entry key="currentVersion" value="${app.title} ${app.version} " />
-    </propertyfile>-->
- 
-                                <propertyfile
-        file="src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core-windows.jar/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/ui/Bundle.properties">
-                                    <entry key="CTL_MainWindow_Title" value="FDA ${project.version}" />
-                                    <entry key="CTL_MainWindow_Title_No_Project" value="FDA ${project.version}" />
-                                </propertyfile>
-                                <replaceregexp file="src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core-windows.jar/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/ui/Bundle.properties" match="^#.*\n" replace="" byline="false" />
-<!--    <propertyfile
-        file="${basedir}/branding/modules/org-netbeans-core.jar/org/netbeans/core/ui/Bundle.properties" 
-        comment="Updated by build script">
-        <entry key="LBL_ProductInformation" value="${app.title}" />
-    </propertyfile>-->
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/Bundle.properties b/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/Bundle.properties
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-currentVersion=FDA {0}
-LBL_splash_window_title=Starting FDA
-SPLASH_HEIGHT=329
-SPLASH_WIDTH=522
-SplashProgressBarBounds=0,273,522,6
-SplashProgressBarColor=0xCCFF00
-SplashRunningTextBounds=11,257,496,13
-SplashRunningTextFontSize=12
-SplashRunningTextColor=0x808080
diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/frame.gif b/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/frame.gif
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diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/splash.gif b/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/splash.gif
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diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core-windows.jar/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/ui/Bundle.properties b/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core-windows.jar/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/ui/Bundle.properties
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--- a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core-windows.jar/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/ui/Bundle.properties
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-CTL_MainWindow_Title=FDA 2.0.1
-CTL_MainWindow_Title_No_Project=FDA 2.0.1
diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core.jar/org/netbeans/core/ui/Bundle.properties b/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core.jar/org/netbeans/core/ui/Bundle.properties
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--- a/branding/src/main/nbm-branding/modules/org-netbeans-core.jar/org/netbeans/core/ui/Bundle.properties
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-LBL_ProductInformation=FDA
diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm/manifest.mf b/branding/src/main/nbm/manifest.mf
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--- a/branding/src/main/nbm/manifest.mf
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-Manifest-Version: 1.0
-OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: ch/psi/fda/ui/branding/Bundle.properties
diff --git a/branding/src/main/nbm/module.xml b/branding/src/main/nbm/module.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<nbm>
-    <!--
-    <moduleType>autoload</moduleType>
-    <codeNameBase>ch.psi.fda.ui/1</codeNameBase>
-    <licenseName>Apache License, Version 2.0</licenseName>
-    <licenseFile>license.txt</licenseFile>
-    -->
-</nbm>
diff --git a/branding/src/main/resources/ch/psi/fda/ui/branding/Bundle.properties b/branding/src/main/resources/ch/psi/fda/ui/branding/Bundle.properties
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-# Localized module labels. Defaults taken from POM (<name>, <description>, <groupId>) if unset.
-#OpenIDE-Module-Name=
-#OpenIDE-Module-Short-Description=
-#OpenIDE-Module-Long-Description=
-#OpenIDE-Module-Display-Category=