How to upgrade: Click on the NetBeans upgrade update, you can upgrade the version, not recommended official website download to install, otherwise it will appear, previous old version 8.0 of the directory and 8.0.1 directory, although it will automatically detect the previous version of the configuration, prompt import ...
how to Back up: originally NetBeans places the user's configuration in the. NetBeans directory in the user directory, under Windows 7, the user directory is:
C:\Users\Chandler\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.0
Save the folder backup in this directory, you can avoid the trouble of reconfiguration, after installing the new NetBeans, copy the corresponding version of the. NetBeans configuration to the target version of the directory is small. For example, I saved the NetBeans8.0 configuration, now installs 8.0.1, can be the original. netbeans/8.0 contents, overwrite the contents of the. netbeans/8.0.1, your original configuration contains the status of the current workspace is transferred past.
NetBeans usage habits: Upgrade and save configurations