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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:36:35+00:00

By default netbeans stores it’s settings in a directory called .netbeans under the user’s

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By default netbeans stores it’s settings in a directory called .netbeans under the user’s home directory. Is it possible to change the location of this directory (especially under Windows)?

Thanks to James Schek I now know the answer (change the path in netbeans.conf) but that leads me to another question: Is there a way to include the current username in the path to the netbeans setting directory?

I want to do something like this:

netbeans_default_userdir='D:\etc\${USERNAME}\.netbeans\6.5beta'

but I can’t figure out the name of the variable to use (if there’s any). Of course I can achieve the same thing with the –userdir option, I’m just curious.

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  1. yes, edit the netbeans.conf file under %NETBEANS_HOME%\etc.

    Edit the line with: netbeans_default_userdir=’${HOME}/.netbeans/6.0′

    If you need different ‘profiles’–i.e. want to run different copies of Netbeans with different home directories, you can pass a new home directory to the launcher. Run ‘netbeans.exe –userdir /path/to/dir’ or ‘nb.exe –userdir /path/to/dir’

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