Netbeans Project Transfer 7.1.1 to 7.4

Question

I cannot get my projects to transfer from my win7 (v7.1.1) and appear on my win 8.1 computer (v7.4).

There is no "export" option in 7.1.1 that I can find, and directly copying/pasting the folders from 7.1.1's workspace folder to 7.4's NetBeansProjects folder doesn't make them appear in the project window (I've tried restarted the program, scanning for external changes, and disabling the auto-scan thing)

I've tried looking at guides, but either it does not work, or options such as "Export" do not exist.

All of my projects are just basic applications (no server or database stuff). The only extremities are image packages which only a few of my programs use.

Any help appreciated. -Austin

Answer 1

If you don't have a lot of projects to export, then you can try to recreate them using the create project using existing sources option.

Answer 2

When you create a Project you have the option of creating the metadata folder in a different location. As long as you do not exercise that option, you should have an extra folder named "nbproject" in addition to the other files/folders in your project folder.

If you copy the entire project folder (including the nbproject subfolder) to a new machine, you can then "Open" that project folder with the "Project Open" option in the receiving machine's netbeans.

If, however, you have lost the nbproject folder (left it behind, deleted it or created it in a different location ...) you'll either need to re-create the project or find that folder.

To recreate the project, just create an empty project (not linked to any external locations) and then copy your sources into it. Then when you link it to the external sources you'll be good to go.