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 <mbie...@gmail.com>: > > >> 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 <mbie...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
