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When a custom library is created, it's definition file gets written to the user directory. If the project is exported to another user, or if the current user deletes or changes their user directory, the project contains a dangling library reference. There needs to be a parameter (and corresponding UI element in the LibraryCustomizer) to specify that the library definition should be written to the project directory say, nbproject/config/org-netbeans-api-project-libraries/Libraries This will allow projects to be self contained in terms of their library references. I realize this will affect how the LibraryManager works, since it currently is not sensitive to any particular project context. It could however, either show a node for the Main project, or a node for each open project in the IDE.
Please use issue #44035 instead. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 44035 ***