Do not change that file, do not touch it. The file you need, if what you want is define the JDK to use to start NetBeans, is "etc/netbeans.conf" in the installation directory.
Gj On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:22 AM cryptearth <cryptea...@cryptearth.de> wrote: > Well, I wrote my mail to soon before even try it myself - as I have to > add: No matter what I put into the mentioned properties file it doesn't > change the default path NB uses. I also tried to find it in other config > files and even in the windows registry - but had no luck. So, as manual > edit a config file referred to on many resulst found by google, and as > there seem no option in the GUI I can change - how do I change the default > folder? > > Matt > > Am 20.02.2020 um 00:18 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > > Np, you never need to edit "projectui.properties". > > Gj > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 11:12 PM cryptearth <cryptea...@cryptearth.de> > wrote: > >> So, as I had to recover from a hard disk crash I had NB 11.2 set up >> again but didn't got any dialog about default project folder. As I got >> through google this has to be done manual by editing the file >> projectui.properties located in >> userhome/appdata/roaming/netbeans/11.2/config/preferences/org/netbeans/modules. >> >> I have found several topics as early as NB 6.x. >> >> Two simple questions: >> 1) Why and why wasn't there any change since at least NB 6.x? >> 2) Is there any hidden way to change this via the GUI? >> >> There're several other things the GUI doesn't handle as it should, for >> example allow setting target java version below 6 when a compiler >> version 11 or higher is used, as since v11 compiling is only supported >> down to v6 -> compile failure. Isn't an IDE supposed to give a developer >> some convenience? As far as I got into the overhead Netbeans require I'm >> not sure if it's the right IDE for me - but I couldn't get Eclipse to >> even launch properly, let alone set up a project. >> >> Matt >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >> >
