How to change the default Open File... (folder) in Netbeans 8.2? - directory

How can I change the default Open File... directory in Netbeans 8.2 for Java SE\ME\EE?
I've edited my projectui.properties file line projectsFolder=DIRECTORY but that only works for projects. I am trying to open individual files without opening the entire project.
File was found (Windows) under "C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.2\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules"

Unlike setting the default project directory in NetBeans, you can't modify the default Open File... directory because there is no such "default directory" to change.
NetBeans behavior when you select Open File... from the File menu (on Windows 10 at least) is as follows:
[1] On the first occasion within a NetBeans session the Documents icon will be pre-selected in the Open dialog window, and your Documents directory will be opened. That's just the way NetBeans works, and cannot be modified. Although you can change the Documents folder that will be opened, you probably shouldn't. See below for details**.
[2] Within the Open dialog you can obviously navigate to any alternative folder to open a file. Thereafter, within that NetBeans session only, that alternative folder will be opened by default on the subsequent File -> Open File... selections, until an alternative directory is selected.
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** To change the Documents folder in Windows (which will also change the folder that NetBeans opens on the initial use of File -> Open File..):
In Windows File Explorer select Desktop -> This PC -> Documents and right-click.
Select Properties from the drop down menu, and then select the Location tab in the Document Properties window.
Enter the name of the new folder to be used as the Documents folder and click OK.
Restart NetBeans, select File-> Open File... and the folder NetBeans opens will now be the one you specified in the previous step.
That may appear to have the desired affect, but other Windows applications also use the Documents folder, and may depend on files in that folder, so it shouldn't really be changed without good reason. If you really need to open files in NetBeans that are not within any project the cleanest approach would be to place such files in the Documents folder if possible.

One solution would be to move the NetBeansProjects in the Documents folder mentioned above to the desired place and to place a permanent symlink to the desired folder. Instructions for latter referenced here https://superuser.com/questions/1020821/how-to-create-a-symbolic-link-on-windows-10
Watch out if the secondary location could be temporary (like a network drive) that it's always in place before you launch Netbeans.

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using:
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Asp.Net MVC3
Visual Studio 2010
All major browsers
My problem involves failing to rename a directory after opening a pdf file
I open a pdf from my website and it appears in a separate tab.
I close the tab by clicking on the little X.
I try to rename the file that contained the pdf
Get “Access to the path 'foo' is denied.”
Another manisfestaion of the same problem, probably.
I open and close the pdf from my website.
I then stop the website ( Blue square button in Visual studio)
I then try to manually rename the direcory that contains the pdf file that I just opened.
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Close the folder or file and try again."
If I close down Visual Studio completely, I can then rename the directory.
Many Thanks.
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2) How are you opening the PDF ? The mentioned error will come when there is some memory reference still with the file . If open the file using window.open (path) and you close the browser instance which had the PDF, you should be able to rename the folder without any problem.
Apparently this is a problem with Windows 7 hat has been around for a while but not yet fixed.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/in-windows-7-getting-error-the-action-cant-be/449b2e05-8ed0-4a72-98bd-dde430d27e10
I ran the website on a Windows Server 2003 machine and was able to rename the directory after opening a pdf file with no problems.

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I am new to Komodo Edit (version 5.2 for Linux) and wish to add a new "live" folder to my project. What I mean by that is, I want a new folder to not only appear within my Komodo project but also for that folder to be created in my computers file system. However when I choose to add a new item to my project and using the "add folder" option, the folder is only created within my project but not in my file system. So it seems I am just creating a "virtual folder". I also tried the "add live folder" option but it seems to be only able to add an existing folder.
I know this may seem a bit trivial, but I was expecting to be able to add a new system directory to my project using Komodo Edit without having to use the command line or computer browser. This just seems a little inefficient.
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I am creating an AIR application using Flex. In it I need 2 directories downloads & uploads. These directories will have downloaded files & uploaded files.
But the problem is I am not able to create these 2 directories programmatically & also I am not able to include the 2 directories with the installer in the application directory.
Is there any way to create or include directories in the application directory.
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[...] But I need to create the directories in application directory. I am using: var dir = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("upload directory");dir.createDirectory(); And I am getting: at runtime::SecurityManager$/checkPrivilegeForCaller()
This is a know issue. AIR wouldn't allow you to write to the application directory. Instead try writing
either to the File.applicationStorageDirectory (application's scratchpad),
or to the File.documentsDirectory (stuff user might want to lookup)
Related resources:
Adobe AIR team blogpost
Use This Dear :)
var dir:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("NewFolder");
dir =new File(dir.nativePath.toString());
dir.createDirectory();
Regards
Ali Naqvi
have you tried something like the following
var dir = File.userDirectory.resolvePath("upload directory");
dir.createDirectory();
This will create the directory 'upload directory' if it does not already exist (inside the users home directory).
To add to johncblandii's anwser:
I've found that for the above to work, you also need to include the folder in the project's build path. I also had to refresh the project's file listing before flash builder recognized the folder and added it to the include options.
I just want to add another thing to johncblandii's comment: Create an empty.txt file and write something there. Because it looks like empty folders are nod allowed to be included in your packed application

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