When you launch a new version of the IDE for the first time, you are prompted with the option of importing settings from a previous version of the IDE. This prompt occurs only if you have a user directory on your system from the previous version of the IDE and the user directory is in the default location.
The settings that are imported include the following items:
The opportunity to have settings imported only occurs the first time you launch the new version of the IDE. If you do not import the settings at the first launch but later decide that you would like to import the settings, you might be able to do so by recreating the conditions of the first launch. Then, when you start the IDE again, the sequence of events from the first launch repeats itself, including the displaying of the software license, creation of the user directory, and the opportunity to import settings from the previous version of the IDE.
To import settings from the previous version of the IDE if you did not do so the first time you launched the IDE:
On Microsoft Windows systems, the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\username\.netbeans\version-number\.
On UNIX and Linux systems, the default location is /home/username/.netbeans/version-number/.
On Microsoft Windows systems, the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\username\.netbeans\version-number.
On UNIX and Linux systems, the default location is /home/username/.netbeans/version-number.