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Please see http://www.nabble.com/NetBeans-6.5-RC1-Failed-To-Pick-Up-Existing-Installation%27s-Settings-td20201765.html This functionality (semi-automatic restore state from selected existing previous installation at install of NetBeans) should be available to the user.
Reassigning.
it is a duplicate of existing enhancement however I cannot find it now. Anyway, it is not defect. NB provides import of setting from a final version to a final version for now.
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 42157 ***