diff --git a/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/ChooseComponentsToExportDialog.kt b/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/ChooseComponentsToExportDialog.kt
index 0f33211156ca..69751974bdbb 100644
--- a/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/ChooseComponentsToExportDialog.kt
+++ b/platform/configuration-store-impl/src/ChooseComponentsToExportDialog.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fun chooseSettingsFile(oldPath: String?, parent: Component?, title: String, desc
   chooserDescriptor.title = title
   chooserDescriptor.withFileFilter {
     ConfigImportHelper.isSettingsFile(it) ||
-    it.toPathOrNull()?.let { p -> ConfigImportHelper.isConfigDirectory(p) } == true
+    it.fileSystem.getNioPath(it)?.let { p -> ConfigImportHelper.isConfigDirectory(p) } == true
   }
 
   var initialDir: VirtualFile?
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
index 254b6ab80039..c4fc3f27015d 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
@@ -411,12 +411,11 @@ public class VfsUtilCore {
    * @return a {@link File} for a given {@link VirtualFile},
    * the created file may not exist or may not make sense.
    * <br />
-   * It could be better and more reliably to use the {@link VirtualFile#toPath()}
+   * It could be better and more reliably to use the {@link VirtualFile#toNioPath()}
    * <br />
    * @implNote it takes the part after ://, trims !/ at the end and turns it into a File path
    *
-   * @see VirtualFile#toPathOrNull()
-   * @see VirtualFile#toPath()
+   * @see VirtualFile#toNioPath()
    */
   @NotNull
   public static File virtualToIoFile(@NotNull VirtualFile file) {
@@ -437,12 +436,12 @@ public class VfsUtilCore {
    * @return a {@link File} for a given {@link VirtualFile},
    * the created file may not exist or may not make sense.
    * <br />
-   * It could be better and more reliably to use the {@link VirtualFile#toPath()}
+   * It could be better and more reliably to use the {@link VirtualFile#toNioPath()}
    * <br />
    * @implNote for every item, it takes the part after ://, trims !/ at the end and turns it into a File path
+   *
    * @see #virtualToIoFile(VirtualFile)
-   * @see VirtualFile#toPathOrNull()
-   * @see VirtualFile#toPath()
+   * @see VirtualFile#toNioPath()
    */
   public static List<File> virtualToIoFiles(@NotNull Collection<? extends VirtualFile> files) {
     return ContainerUtil.map2List(files, file -> virtualToIoFile(file));
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFile.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFile.java
index 5976ddbfe006..02064b36d9a2 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFile.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFile.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public abstract class VirtualFile extends UserDataHolderBase implements Modifica
    * ({@link File#separatorChar}) replaced to the forward slash ({@code '/'}).
    *
    * @return the path
-   * @see #toPath()
+   * @see #toNioPath()
    */
   @NotNull
   public abstract String getPath();
@@ -137,29 +137,19 @@ public abstract class VirtualFile extends UserDataHolderBase implements Modifica
    * @return a related {@link Path} for a given virtual file where possible otherwise an
    * exception is thrown.
    * The returned {@link Path} may not have a default filesystem behind.
+   * <br/>
+   * Use {@link #getFileSystem()} and {@link VirtualFileSystem#getNioPath(VirtualFile)}
+   * to avoid the exception
    *
    * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this VirtualFile does not have an associated {@link Path}
-   *
-   * @see #toPathOrNull()
    */
   @NotNull
-  public Path toPath() {
-    Path path = toPathOrNull();
+  public Path toNioPath() {
+    Path path = getFileSystem().getNioPath(this);
     if (path != null) return path;
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Failed to map " + this + " (filesystem " + getFileSystem() + ") into nio Path");
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @return a related {@link Path} for a given virtual file where possible otherwise {@code null}.
-   * The returned {@link Path} may not have a default filesystem behind.
-   *
-   * @see #toPath()
-   */
-  @Nullable
-  public Path toPathOrNull() {
-    return getFileSystem().getNioPath(this);
-  }
-
   /**
    * <p>Returns the URL of this file. The URL is a string that uniquely identifies a file in all file systems.
    * It has the following format: {@code <protocol>://<path>}.</p>
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileLookup.kt b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileLookup.kt
index 63e1d2c433f1..77ad86e0ae5a 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileLookup.kt
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VirtualFileLookup.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ interface VirtualFileLookup {
 
   /**
    * Searches for a [VirtualFile] corresponding to the given nio [Path].
-   * The [VirtualFile.toPath] method should return the same Path back.
+   * The [VirtualFile.toNioPath] method should return the same Path back.
    */
   fun fromNioPath(path: Path) : VirtualFile?
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
index 168b30485e7b..552e6dff798e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ public class LocalFileSystemTest extends BareTestFixtureTestCase {
     File newDir = tempDir.newDirectory("someDir-32");
     VirtualFile newDirFile = myFS.refreshAndFindFileByPath(newDir.getPath());
     assertNotNull(newDirFile);
-    assertThat(newDirFile.toPath()).isNotNull().isEqualTo(newDir.toPath());
+    assertThat(newDirFile.toNioPath()).isNotNull().isEqualTo(newDir.toPath());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -859,6 +859,6 @@ public class LocalFileSystemTest extends BareTestFixtureTestCase {
     File newDir = tempDir.newFile("someFile-32");
     VirtualFile newDirFile = myFS.refreshAndFindFileByPath(newDir.getPath());
     assertNotNull(newDirFile);
-    assertThat(newDirFile.toPath()).isNotNull().isEqualTo(newDir.toPath());
+    assertThat(newDirFile.toNioPath()).isNotNull().isEqualTo(newDir.toPath());
   }
 }
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