如何安装NetBeans IDE 8.0.2（php版本）而不会丢失数据首选项

Question

I have NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 installed with all supported technologies like C, C++, Java etc which is approximately 205Mb and that hampers my PC's performance as it load very slowly. So I just want to install the PHP module which is only 64Mb.

How do I install only the PHP version without losing my data preference and projects?

Answer 1

I would recommend a fresh install of your IDE, which can be done by:

• Find the NetBeans Project folder in My Documents
• Copy that to another location
• Un-install the IDE from Control Panel
• Restart you PC
• Download the php version here
• Install it, start your IDE and just copy paste the project to the folder created in My Document for NetBeansProject

As far the preferences are concerned, if they are not very hard to create once again, a fresh install is good to go with as removal of the other modules like C, C++, or Java from IDE directly would still keep some files or cache(NetBeans version dependent) which would still hamper your PC sometimes.