This Bugzilla instance is a read-only archive of historic NetBeans bug reports. To report a bug in NetBeans please follow the project's instructions for reporting issues.

Bug 256579

Summary: my IDE is not working properly. can you please guide me how to reset.
Product: ide Reporter: Ayyappa
Component: CodeAssignee: issues@ide <issues>
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 8.0.2   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows Vista   
URL: https://netbeans.org/people/173100-Ayyappa-Amara-Venkata
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter:
Attachments: IDE log

Description Ayyappa 2015-11-13 12:22:12 UTC
Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 (Build 201411181905)
Operating System = Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_60
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 25.60-b23
Comment 1 Ayyappa 2015-11-13 12:22:19 UTC
Created attachment 157323 [details]
IDE log
Comment 2 Jiri Prox 2015-11-13 21:51:48 UTC
To reset all setting delete your userdir. 
See http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqWhatIsUserdir to find where it is

If you want to only try to start with fresh userdir you can use command line switch
http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqAlternateUserdir


Do you know what brings IDE to such state?