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On some computers I can not chose the installation directory where I want to install NetBeans 3.4. They already have 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 installed. The installer also does not give me the option to import my old settings. The installer just skips that screen and foes right to the proxy settings. On some other computers it works. It seems that the ones it works on are Win2k boxes, the ones it does not work on are running NT4. What can I do to get to the installation directory / import old settings screen? Also, if I missed the import of old settings, can I still change my project main folder later, so I dont have to import all my projects one by one? Thanks, MARK
Is it problem of 3.4 or 3.4dev installer? Did you try the same installer on Win2k and WinNT4? If you missed the import of old settings so there should be Import Settings Wizard invoked during the first startup of IDE.
I tried to install NB 3.4 on my NB 4.0 workstation and I did get the 'Installation Directory' dialog and could choose the target location. I was not given the 'Import Settings' option, although I had NB 3.3.2 properly installed. The 3.4 installed just didn't seem to detect it. Re: > If you missed the import of old settings so there > should be Import Settings Wizard invoked during > the first startup of IDE. Unfortunately not true. The Import Settings Wizard is invoked only when the userdir doesn't exist or is empty. This is not the case after you run the 3.4 installer, because it creates the userdir and pre-populates it with a couple of files. Among others it also creates the system/dontshowisw. I may not have the best understanding of the installer functions, but the filename looks pretty self-explanatory. I can think of two workarounds. Either the user needs to delete the system folder created by the installer before the first start, or choose a different userdir location and start the IDE with the -userdir <newdir> option.
Fixed.Problem was that on WinNT installer read registry file using UTF-16.
*** Issue 27832 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
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