From a16770a969bc90bb171ab11e68b7d88f3118418f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dragonmacher <48328597+dragonmacher@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:40:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] GP-7096 - Prevent headless analyzer from updating last opened
 project

---
 .../app/util/headless/HeadlessAnalyzer.java   | 22 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../framework/model/DefaultLaunchMode.java    | 14 ++++++------
 .../project/DefaultProjectManager.java        |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/headless/HeadlessAnalyzer.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/headless/HeadlessAnalyzer.java
index 8048bacdbd..7c8552d664 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/headless/HeadlessAnalyzer.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/headless/HeadlessAnalyzer.java
@@ -1859,7 +1859,27 @@ public class HeadlessAnalyzer {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A headless version of the {@link DefaultProjectManager} that does not update the project's 
+	 * preferences. This prevents the headless environment from overwriting settings GUI 
+	 * installations.
+	 */
 	private static class HeadlessGhidraProjectManager extends DefaultProjectManager {
-		// this exists just to allow access to the constructor
+
+		@Override
+		public void setLastOpenedProject(ProjectLocator projectLocator) {
+			// No need to save this for headless.  We also do not want to affect the GUI by saving
+			// this value.
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public ProjectLocator getLastOpenedProject() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void updatePreferences() {
+			// nothing to save
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/model/DefaultLaunchMode.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/model/DefaultLaunchMode.java
index f8cbbc1884..3a0ced246c 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/model/DefaultLaunchMode.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/model/DefaultLaunchMode.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ import ghidra.framework.options.Options;
  */
 public enum DefaultLaunchMode {
 
-	REUSE_TOOL("Reuse acceptable running tool"),
-	NEW_TOOL("Launch new default tool");
+	REUSE_TOOL("Reuse Tool"),
+	NEW_TOOL("New Tool");
 
 	public static DefaultLaunchMode DEFAULT = NEW_TOOL;
 
-	private String str;
+	private String description;
 
 	private DefaultLaunchMode(String str) {
-		this.str = str;
+		this.description = str;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return str;
+		return description;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/project/DefaultProjectManager.java b/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/project/DefaultProjectManager.java
index 5a8071f01a..fdee732bb2 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/project/DefaultProjectManager.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/Project/src/main/java/ghidra/framework/project/DefaultProjectManager.java
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ public class DefaultProjectManager implements ProjectManager {
 	/**
 	 * Update preferences file with list of known projects.
 	 */
-	void updatePreferences() {
+	protected void updatePreferences() {
 
 		setProjectLocatorProperty(recentlyOpenedProjectsList, RECENT_PROJECTS);
 		setProjectURLProperty(recentlyViewedProjectsList, VIEWED_PROJECTS);