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Bug 179820 - Netbeans shouldn't pollute profile folder on Windows
Summary: Netbeans shouldn't pollute profile folder on Windows
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168443
Alias: None
Product: installer
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: dlipin
URL:
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Reported: 2010-01-24 15:41 UTC by romantoo
Modified: 2010-03-31 17:03 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description romantoo 2010-01-24 15:41:35 UTC
C:\Users\[profile name] is NOT for .nbi, .netbeans, and .netbeans-registration folders. Have Netbeans create a folder under C:\Users\[profile name\AppData\Roaming\ (call it Netbeans, preferably) and store anything you want there. But don't store your stuff in the profile folder. It's not what it's for.

Moreover, putting a '.' in front of a folder or file name doesn't make it hidden on Windows.
Comment 1 dlipin 2010-01-24 23:27:57 UTC
> It's not what it's for.
And what is it for then?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 168443 ***
Comment 2 palmer0315 2010-03-31 16:52:09 UTC
Netbeans stores too much data in my C:\Documents and Settings\userid\.netbeans folder, and I want to change the location of that. I can't see a setting in netbeans to do it though - has anyone else done this?

To explain the reasoning behind my request, our office PC systems copy  profile data back to the server  to allow roaming profiles, and I don't want it copied  to the server.
Comment 3 dlipin 2010-03-31 17:03:32 UTC
NetBeans Userdir (which is %USERPROFILE%/.netbeans/<version>) can be overridden by using "netbeans_default_userdir" in <installdir>/etc/netbeans.conf.

NetBeans still store some data in %USERPROFILE%  that is %USERPROFILE%/.netbeans/.superId and %USERPROFILE%/.netbeans-registration. You can override that by adding -J-Duser.home=<another-user-profiler-directory> to "netbeans_default_options" in netbeans.conf file above.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 168443 ***