Changing java platform on which netbeans runs

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I am using Netbeans 6 7  I had first installed Java 1 5 before installing Netbeans  When i installed Netbeans it took Java 1 5 as the default version  Then i installed Java 1 6 on my machine  I need to change the default JDK of my netbeans to 1 6 not only to a specific project but to the whole Netbeans application

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For anyone on Mac OS X  you can find netbeans conf here    Applications NetBeans NetBeans  lt version gt  app Contents Resources NetBeans etc netbeans conf   In case anyone needs to know

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open etc folder in netbeans folder then edit the netbeans conf with notepad and you will find a line like this       Default location of JDK  can be   overridden by using --jdkhome       netbeans jdkhome  G  Program   Files Java jdk1 6 0 13    here you can set your jdk version

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Fix this by moving my jdk folder to other disk

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You can change the JDK for Netbeans by modifying the config file    Open netbeans conf file available under etc folder inside the NetBeans installation   Modify the netbeans jdkhome variable to point to new JDK path  and then  Restart your Netbeans

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In my Windows 7 box I found netbeans conf in  lt Drive gt    lt Program Files folder gt   lt NetBeans installation folder gt  etc    Thanks all

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on Fedora it is currently impossible to set a new jdk-HOME to some sdk  They designed it such that it will always break  Try --jdkhome  whatever  but in all likelihood it will break and show some cryptic nonsensical error message as usual

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