phpStorm 2025.2.6 to 2025.3.1 losing projects , never happened to me before?
Hi, In phpstorm whats the procedure to get all your projects and settings back for a new version? After the upgrade to 2025.3.0 i'm offered the chance to start again…which i don't want to do. So downgraded back to 2025.2.6 and all my projects then reappeared.Woke this morning and it had auto-updated to 2025.3.1 and everything gone again. Downgraded again and decided to try a manual download and update. I now have two copies of phpstorm 2025.2.6 ( with projects and settings) and 2025.3.1( without anything)??
This has never happened before(or not in a long, long time), i normally just update and that is it.
So my question is, how do i get 2025.3.1 like 2025.2.6?
I have backed up settings from 2025.2.6 and backup sync is active. Which folder do i have to copy on windows 11?
Regards
Steve
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Hi Steve,
I ran into the exact same issue after updating to 2025.3.1. It seems the IDE lost track of the active project configurations during the migration.
It seems that the problem is only on wsl2 on windows11 when project is inside linux root.
I have managed to temporarily solve this by creating a new brand project in C: drive and then in Settings > Directories I have added new Content Root with the localtion of my project inside wsl2 filesystem, and then remove Content Root for C:.
Then close PHPStorm, overwrite workspace.xml from your C: with the one from wsl2 drive.
Basically .idea folder is held on C: drive and your project continues to stay onto wsl2 filesystem.
Hope Jetbrains comes with a permanent fix for this.
aha, makes sense now. I've recently been mucking about with Home assistant on a vm. Wondered why it kept complaining about network drives etc. That has to be it, i have never had it before , like i said. Thank you very much.
So i think what you are saying, get rid of those directories in that project( not really a proper project, just like editing the yaml files in phpstorm) and it should upgrade properly?
edit: yay, that worked thnks Koandy19831234 for pointing me in the right direction.
1. In 2025.3.1, are IDE-level settings and the Recent Projects list missing as well (e.g. Welcome screen looks like a fresh installation)?
2. Or is the issue limited to projects located in WSL2 only (project-level settings not persisting)?
Hi Joel,
1. No projects or settings , from what i remember.
2. as above it was one project that i had set directories to a network share that was a VM running home assistant. This caused it.
To Solve it:
1.I removed those directories from that project
2.Uninstalled the extra install of phpstorm 2025.3.1
3. updated 2025.2.6 as normal to 2025.3.1
4. everything normal now.
Thank you for the update and glad to hear everything is okay now.