Netbeans 6.8 Options dialog won't open

Question

I'm using Windows 7 and Netbeans 6.8. When I try to open Tools > Options the icon spins for a moment or two and then.. nothing. The Tools menu will expand, it's Options that is giving me the problem. Any hints?

Thanks

Answer 1

Netbeans has a directory referred to as ${userdir}. On a windows platform this would be %USERPROFILE%/.netbeans/6.8.

• Shutdown NetBeans
• Remove ${userdir}/var/log/messages.log
• Start NetBeans
• Try to open the Options panel
• Examine ${userdir}/var/log/messages.log and see if an exception was logged.
• If there's an exception, add it to your question.

If there's no exception, close NetBeans and edit the file

${userdir}/Preferences/org/netbeans/modules/options/api.properties  

Look for the lines OptionsX and OptionsY and set their values to 100.
This ensures the options pane is on screen. OptionsWidth and OptionsHeight should be roughly 600 and 800 respectively.