Re: Update to NetBeans 25 with all projects and settings

Exporting the configuration from NetBeans 21 and importing it in NetBeans 25 worked well.
Thanks for your support.
Regards
Claus

> Am 03.03.2025 um 07:49 schrieb Michael Bien <[email protected]>:
> 
> 
>> On 03.03.25 07:32, Claus Lüthje wrote:
>> Hi Michael
>> My current version is Netbeans 21.
>> I wasn’t asked, if I want to import projects and settings.
>> I wasn’t aware, there was a limit of how many releases can maximally get skipped.
>> Would it suffice to jump for 21 to 23 and then up to 25?
> 
> the maximum age is 3 releases, so yes that would work. But you would have to clear the config for NB 25 too - since NB will only ask on first launch.
> 
> btw the reason for the limit was https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/6135 which lists several other issues which were caused by imports of old / potentially corrupted configs.
> 
> There is a second way how to migrate the config: you can export/import the config from the options window. However, I never used this before (outside of bugfixing purposes) - I don't really know how well this works in practice.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> michael
> 
> 
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Regards
>> Claus
>> 
>>>> Am 03.03.2025 um 06:41 schrieb Michael Bien <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>> are you saying it didn't ask if it should import the previous configuration on first launch?
>>> 
>>> Did you skip a few NB releases? Since there is a limit how large the gap can be for the auto-importer.
>>> 
>>> -mbien
>>> 
>>>> On 03.03.25 06:31, Claus Lüthje wrote:
>>>> Hi all
>>>> I’m using NetBeans for ages and I was sure, when updating NetBeans it imported all project settings and plugins from earlier versions it found on the machine (Windows). I have different project groups and I’d be happy to import those too.
>>>> In the past it was very easy to update NetBeans and continue working very efficiently.
>>>> What am I missing?
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Claus
>>>> 
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