Installation does not retain projects of previous version
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Description
### Apache NetBeans version
Apache NetBeans 29
### What happened
Opening a newly installed NB 29 IDE, all previous projects are lost, that is, they do not appear on the NB Projects listing and have to be re-opened.
### Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component
C/C++
### How to reproduce
1. Install NB 29
2. Open NB 29
3. Observe projects in project tab
### Did this work correctly in an earlier version?
Apache NetBeans 26
### Operating System
Windows 11-64 Professional
### JDK
N/A
### Apache NetBeans packaging
Community provided installer
### Anything else
_No response_
### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
No
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the upgrade from Apache NetBeans 26 to 29 on Windows 11 with a C/C++ project, following the steps in the issue. Investigate the installation or project-list migration behavior; done means projects from the previous version appear in the newly installed IDE without being reopened manually.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, java
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100