I don't really understand why you described a disk crash, recovery, and then said that the default project folder wasn't to your liking / wasn't easy to change.
Instead, how about the following: I would like to change the default location of where File->New Project creates projects. I didn't find an easy or effective way to do this. Is there one? Can we have a start-up switch (somewhat like Eclipse) that allows us to chose a base project location? Or maybe a GUI in Tools->Options that allows us to set it easily? I will be happy to discuss my use case on the mailing list. Thanks. Is the above an accurate description of your issue? If it is, that sounds like a simple (and possibly reasonable) request. Personally, I don't mind browsing around to a different location during project creation. Since I store different clusters of projects in different parent directories, browsing around to open projects is part of my normal work flow. YMMV . . . just my two cents. /mde/ On 2/19/2020 9:22 PM, cryptearth wrote: > TBH I didn'T read all of your reply, but from the first few lines I did > read: no, you got me wrong. > My question is as simple as that: Is it possible, and if so: How?, to > change the default project folder where new projects supposed to get > created on disk? I didn't found any setting in whatever the GUI gives me > (as someone else on this list a few ago said: "Netbeans is basically a > graphical wrapper around maven.") and I didn't found any config file. > The one mentioned on many search results on the net doesn'T seem to have > an effect either, and the other user replied to my question seem to > didn't got my question at all and pointed me to a file wich has nothing > to do with per-user settings at all. > Yes, Netbeans has many flaws - and obvious a lot of them exists since > 15(!) years (I found a bug report wich evolved into a discusion from > back late 2004 about this very topic). Is it really that much to ask > just for a simple input dialog right at the first time start up where > the user wants his default project location to be? And is it that hard > to at least somewhat follow the style many graphical programms followed > for the past three decades where you have a menu bar, starting with > File, then Edit, then maybe some more, and end with Extras and Help - > and to just put an "options" or "settings" into one of those - and offer > the same settings dialog as mentioned before? How old is Netbeans? 15+ > years? And it's menus are that - sorry to say it this directly: > immature? It's like an early not feature complete alpha where someone > couldn't decide just where to put it. > Back to modern days: Java 11 doesn't allow compiling for Java 5 any > more. It's a simple if() just to check for the version of the compiler - > and if it's 11 or above set the minimum target compiling level to at > least 6 and disable any lower versions. C'mon - don't tell me 100s of > devs could get this done in the time this exists. > All made fun about me cause I'm using just a simple editor with some > basic syntax highlight and a terminal to compile. If I see what a mess > and overhead all this fancy IDEs and build-tools costs - wich in fact > they're supposed to do for the dev - not in addition to it - what's the > benefit of wasting time to figure out how to get around simplest fails > done in every beginners for dummies book? > > I'm done with it - back to the old style - that at least did what I told > to do .. > > Am 20.02.2020 um 03:45 schrieb Mark Eggers: >> First of all, I'm just a happy NetBeans user. >> >> Second of all, this is just my opinion. >> >> So let me try to understand your problem first. >> >> 1. You crashed what appears to be a Windows data and programs disk >> >> This is different than where your user profile is stored. I understand >> this, since I do the same thing to minimize usage of a small OS SSD >> drive. >> >> 2. You reinstalled NetBeans on a new disk >> >> 3. You recovered your NetBeans projects on a new disk >> >> The problem is that the 'Recent Projects' list links to the wrong >> location. I'm guessing that this is the case since either drive letters >> have changed or directories have changed. >> >> In addition, there may be a lot of issues with the cache. >> >> The best solution is to: >> >> 1. Ignore the 'Recent Projects' list until you've opened 10 or more >> projects >> >> As Gj has pointed out, editing the projectui.properties file is not >> something that should be done. I confess that I've done it, but it's not >> trivial. >> >> Just don't do it. >> >> 2. Before starting NetBeans, delete the cache directory. >> >> In short, both will be rebuilt properly by NetBeans as you use the IDE. >> >> As to your setting a target below 6 with JDK 11: - you can't. This is a >> JDK limitation. >> >> If you want to compile (and be proper) a J2EE 2.5 project, with source >> and target set to 1.5 (in Maven parlance), then you have one option that >> I can see. >> >> a. Install JDK / JRE 8 along with JDK / JRE 11. >> b. In Tools->Java Platforms, register the JDK 8 platform >> c. In the project Properties->Build->Compile panel, configure the >> project to use the registered JDK 8 Java Platform >> >> I do this all the time, as I'm trying to get a company I consult for to >> move from J2EE 2.5 / Tomcat 7 to servlet spec 4 and Tomcat 9. >> >> I do this on Windows 10 Professional, with the last Oracle JRE / JDK 8 >> and AdoptOpenJDK 11.0.6 installed from the zip file. >> >> The only time things get unpleasant is if I try to build a JDK 5 project >> from the command line, since my default Java is 11.0.6. >> >> . . . just my two cents >> /mde/ >> >> On 2/19/2020 3:56 PM, cryptearth wrote: >>> I know at least someone will feel offended no matter how polite I try to >>> write my response, hence I try to just repeat the question instead of >>> responding to the reply (I guess someone who read carefully might notice >>> what I mean and try to avoid to say out loud): >>> >>> Is there a way to (re-)set the default projects folder? >>> And why is it that almost any answer you get when you ask google about >>> this very topic points to file I mentioned? >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> Am 20.02.2020 um 00:23 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: >>>> 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 >>>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 >>>>> <mailto:users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org> >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>> users-h...@netbeans.apache.org >>>>> <mailto:users-h...@netbeans.apache.org> >>>>> >>>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, >>>>> visit: >>>>> >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>>>> >>> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 >
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