How to change the default Netbeans 7 project directory?

Question

This is only a minor annoyance but if I can figure this out I\'ll be very happy.

Is it possible to change the default project directory in Netbeans 7? I don\'t know

Answer 1

I use Netbeans 7.0.1 on Windows 7.

For me the projecui.properties file was in C:\users\.netbeans\7.0\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules\ directory. About the fourth line down is a property called projectsFolder. Just change that to the folder you want and you're done!

Caveat: this is Java, so if you have a backslash, you have to double it up (C:\folder would be C:\\folder). It seems like I did this before within the application itself, but I could not for the life of me find it. I realize this is an old thread, but it was my first hit googling my problem, so I'm sure others will as well. -Mike