Netbeans disabled everything & became a simple text editor when I interupted the plugin upgrade process

Question

I switched off Netbeans while the plugins upgrade was in progress & then it has disabled everything. How do I get back everything that was available before? I've tried updating once again but it says:

Your IDE is up to date!

Probably it searches only for the few things remaining. It has become like a simple text editor :(

I don't want to lose my settings anyhow.. Using netbeans 7

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EDIT:

I see that the plugins are still installed but they have been deactivated. When I try to activate them, it fails, giving out following message:

Activation failed: Not all requested modules can be enabled: [StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.ant.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-ant-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.form.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-form-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.versioning.system.cvss jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-versioning-system-cvss.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.hudson jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-hudson.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.websvc.restkit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-websvc-restkit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.core.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\platform\modules\org-netbeans-modules-core-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.primefaces jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-primefaces.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.apisupport.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\apisupport\modules\org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.subversion jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-subversion.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.localhistory jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-localhistory.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.spring.beans jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-spring-beans.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.persistence.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-j2ee-persistence-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.hibernate jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-hibernate.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.jsf.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-jsf-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.mercurial jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-mercurial.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.debugger.jpda.ui jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-debugger-jpda-ui.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.maven.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-maven-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.bugzilla jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-bugzilla.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.java.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\java\modules\org-netbeans-modules-java-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.ide.branding.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\nb\modules\org-netbeans-modules-ide-branding-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.spellchecker.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-spellchecker-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.web.struts jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-web-struts.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.websvc.saas.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\websvccommon\modules\org-netbeans-modules-websvc-saas-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.db.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-db-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.profiler jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\profiler\modules\org-netbeans-modules-profiler.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.websvc.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-websvc-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.ide.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\ide\modules\org-netbeans-modules-ide-kit.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.spring.webmvc jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-spring-webmvc.jar, StandardModule:org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.kit jarFile: C:\Program Files\NetBeans 7.0\enterprise\modules\org-netbeans-modules-j2ee-kit.jar]

Answer 1

The simplest way to fix this is to re-install NetBeans. I don't believe that your settings have been corrupted. So, in order to keep your settings, before you uninstall you'll need to export your settings.

1. Open Options Dialog: Tools > Options
2. Click Export button
3. Choose a location and file name to use for the zip file
4. Choose a category(s) to export

Note, that If a category is not enabled this means that you have not made any changes in that category.

If you have libraries defined and would like to save the configuration, you need to copy your build.properties file which is located in your .netbeans directory as exporting alone will not save this configuration (due to the fact that these settings should be able to be relocated on another machine and the libraries are specific to your machine). In Windows, your .netbeans directory is located in your user directory. For example, on my machine (Windows 7) this location is C:\Users\Jonathan\.netbeans.

After you've re-installed, import your settings back into the IDE and then replace the build.properties file.