Where is the NetBeans 8 dictionary located?

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NetBeans have the concept of a "project" specific dictionary and a "private" dictionary. I happened to add a misspelled word into one of those (yeah I can't even remember which one, I was to fast, hence the error).

Where are these dictionaries stored on my Windows 8 x64 machine (I will edit this question in time as answers provide the path to other systems)?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '14 at 12:32

This is for Windows 7 x64, but it's probably similar for Windows 8:

The project-specific dictionary is stored within the file project.xml, which is inside the NetBeans project folder for your project. i.e.:

[path/to/your/project]/nbproject/project.xml

In this file, the custom words are found in <word> tags in project > configuration > spellchecker-wordlist

The private dictionaries are stored in:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\[version_number]\

So for me that was:

C:\Users\Myname\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.0.1\private-dictionary-en_GB

The private dictionary is a file containing the words separated by newlines.

I had the same problem as @Martin (it's too easy to accidentally add a word) and I ended up doing a text search of the entire hard drive for these locations.

The most obvious place was the one I didn't look in, thanks – 244an Dec 14 '15 at 23:31 — 244an, Dec 14 '15 at 23:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '14 at 17:37

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as you can find here:http://forums.netbeans.org/ptopic37142.html

Dictionary files are in "/ide/modules/dict/" folder

With Windows 8.1 x64, the path is:

C:\Program Files\NetBeans 8.0\ide\modules\dict

answered May 02 '14 at 17:37

WoutVanAertTheBest

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I was looking for the "project" and "private" specific dictionaries. These I cannot find in the folder you point out. In the link you refer to, someone talks about a "private-dictionary-en_US" file in folder "%USER_HOME%/.netbeans/X.X/". I can't find this folder nor can I find the private dictionary file anywhere. My main problem is just like the problem this guy in the thread had, I added to my private- or project based dictionary a wrong word that I cannot get rid of. – Martin Andersson May 03 '14 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 20:54

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in ubuntu the file exists in

~/.netbeans/[version-number]/private-dictionary-en_US

answered Oct 17 '16 at 20:54

Mobin Taneh

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Where is the NetBeans 8 dictionary located?

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