Question

I switched off Netbeans while the plugins upgrade was in progress & then it has disabled everything. How do I get back everything that was available before? I’ve tried updating once again but it says:

Your IDE is up to date!

Probably it searches only for the few things remaining. It has become like a simple text editor 🙁

I don’t want to lose my settings anyhow.. Using netbeans 7

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EDIT:

I see that the plugins are still installed but they have been deactivated. When I try to activate them, it fails, giving out following message:

Activation failed: Not all requested modules can be enabled:
[StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.ant.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-ant-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.form.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-form-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.versioning.system.cvss jarFile:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans
7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-versioning-system-cvss.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.hudson jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-hudson.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.websvc.restkit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-websvc-restkit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.core.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\platform\modules\org-netbeans-modules-core-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.primefaces jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-primefaces.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.apisupport.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\apisupport\modules\org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.subversion jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-subversion.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.localhistory jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-localhistory.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.spring.beans jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-spring-beans.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistence.kit jarFile:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans
7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-j2ee-persistence-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.hibernate jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-hibernate.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.jsf.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-jsf-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.mercurial jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-mercurial.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.debugger.jpda.ui jarFile:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans
7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-debugger-jpda-ui.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.maven.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-maven-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.bugzilla jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-bugzilla.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.java.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-java-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.ide.branding.kit jarFile:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans
7.0\nb\modules\org-netbeans-modules-ide-branding-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.spellchecker.kit jarFile:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans
7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-spellchecker-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.struts jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-struts.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.websvc.saas.kit jarFile:
C:\Program Files\NetBeans
7.0\websvccommon\modules\org-netbeans-modules-websvc-saas-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.db.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-db-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.profiler jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\profiler\modules\org-netbeans-modules-profiler.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.websvc.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-websvc-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.ide.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-ide-kit.jar,
StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.spring.webmvc jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-spring-webmvc.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.kit jarFile: C:\Program
Files\NetBeans
7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-j2ee-kit.jar]

Answer 1

The simplest way to fix this is to re-install NetBeans. I don’t believe that your settings have been corrupted. So, in order to keep your settings, before you uninstall you’ll need to export your settings.

1. Open Options Dialog: Tools > Options
2. Click Export button
3. Choose a location and file name to use for the zip file
4. Choose a category(s) to export

Note, that If a category is not enabled this means that you have not made any changes in that category.

If you have libraries defined and would like to save the configuration, you need to copy your build.properties file which is located in your .netbeans directory as exporting alone will not save this configuration (due to the fact that these settings should be able to be relocated on another machine and the libraries are specific to your machine). In Windows, your .netbeans directory is located in your user directory. For example, on my machine (Windows 7) this location is C:\Users\Jonathan\.netbeans.

After you’ve re-installed, import your settings back into the IDE and then replace the build.properties file.