I lost many of my settings after upgrade

创建于 2017年11月30日 19:31

I upgraded from 2017.2.4 to current version built on 28th of November by downloading patch.

1. It changed my skin and remove custom toolbar. I used some built-in white layout and now it reverted to classic black. I also had rearanged my toolbar menu. I added some stuff for task management and created new icons form them. Now it's lost. I removed some debug icons from toolbar and I can see them again.

2. I lost ssh remote run plugin. I lost my ssh external tools and sftp server credentials.

3. PlantUML is again enabled, but I turned it off.

4. Database tools and SQL plugin was disabled and I lost all included database sources for each project.

5. When I open new task from JIRA issue tracker I can't no more select "update status" becase there is no status on list (list is empty)

All in all: can I import / copy all my settings from 2017.2 folder?

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Andriy Bazanov

创建于 2017年11月30日 22:34

Hi there,

Settings were transferred nicely here (2017.2.4 to 2017.3; full installer; Windows 10). I suggest doing the same approach: try removing 2017.3 installation and use full installation package -- IMO in general it's more reliable this way (regardless of OS used).

For the actual settings -- what you can do is:

Delete current settings for 2017.3 (while IDE is closed, of course) -- Windows/Linux -- one folder; Mac OS -- 4 different folders (see Directories used by the IDE to store settings, caches, plugins and logs )
On next IDE launch it will ask what to do with settings -- just choose to import from previous version

Alternatively -- use "File | Export Settings" in 2017.2.4 (if you still have it installed) and then "File | Import Settings" in 2017.3 . Possible downside -- sometimes (rarely though -- depends on actual IDE version) not all settings may be transferred. In general I recommend first method.

Obviously, it's all about IDE-wide settings. Project-specific settings are stored in .idea subfolder of each project root.

sabat24

创建于 2017年11月30日 23:04

First method worked very well. I tried before to use export / import settings but it doesn't work with all settings even with the same version of PHPStorm.

I still have got problem with my point no 5, but it's another case. Thank you for help.

Andriy Bazanov

创建于 2017年11月30日 23:10

>I still have got problem with my point no 5, but it's another case.

Maybe it's project-specific.

Try this then:

Backup your project settings (.idea subfolder) -- while project is closed in IDE, of course
Delete that .idea folder
Use "Open" or "Open Directory" and point to the project root -- IDE will create fresh project from those files
Configure as needed (at least the area where it did not worked before -- Version Control)

If nothing -- you may restore old settings from backup. If works -- re-configure the rest (hint: most of the config files can be copied back from backup copy)

sabat24

创建于 2017年11月30日 23:17

I have just checked this following all your steps. It didn't help. However it works on my 2017.2 version using the same project settings. I'll create issue on YT.

Permanently deleted user

创建于 2019年03月12日 10:53

Is it possible to save setting once and for all? Would be great to have an account, where all my settings would be synced.

Vasiliy Yur

创建于 2019年03月28日 16:18

Does the "Sync settings with JetBrains account" feature work for you?

(https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/sharing-your-ide-settings.html)

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