How can I backup and later restore (after a clean install) ALL resharper settings?
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A:
On XP Resharper stores its settings in:
%userprofile%\Application Data\JetBrains\ReSharper\[R# Version]\[VS Version]
and of Vista/7:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\ReSharper\[R# Version]\[VS Version]
where [R# Version] is the version of ReSharper installed (e.g. v4.5) and [VS Version] is your Visual Studio version (e.g. vs9.0).
Just copy all the files from that folder to backup, and put them back there to restore.
Matthew Ferreira
2010-02-01 16:49:45
Isn't that a bit dangerous? What if the settings format changes from one minor version (4.5.2 to 4.5.3 or something). Does IntelliJ support this approach?
bitbonk
2010-02-01 20:09:52
I guess I can still do a diff and be relatively save.
bitbonk
2010-02-01 21:48:57
It is dangerous, but since ReSharper cannot export its settings (it only exports code styles), you don't have much to work with. I would doubt the format changes much from version to version. Since the settings are stored in an XML file, any XML parser should ignore anything it doesn't understand, so at worst you would be stuck with ReSharper's defaults.
Matthew Ferreira
2010-02-03 16:41:36