IDE Startup Parameters

You can pass startup parameters to the IDE launcher using the ${IDE_HOME>/bin/ide.cfg file. The launcher tries to read this file before it starts parsing the command line options. You can break the options into multiple lines.

The following options are available:
Parameter Description
-h
-help
Print descriptions of common startup parameters.
-jdkhome jdk_home_dir
Use the specified version of the Java(TM) 2 SDK instead of the default SDK. By default on Windows systems, the loader looks into the Windows registry and uses the latest SDK available.
-classic
use the classic JVM, instead of the default Java HotSpot Client VM.
-cp:p additional_classpath
Prepend the specified classpath to the IDE's classpath.
-cp:a additional_classpath
Append the specified classpath to the IDE's classpath.
-Jjvm_flags
Pass the specified flags directly to the JVM.
-ui UI_class_name
Selects the given class as the IDE's look and feel. The following are two examples of look and feel classes:
  • com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel
  • javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
If this option is not used, the IDE uses the javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel class.
-fontsize size
Sets the font size, expressed in points, in the IDE's user interface. If this option is not used, the fontsize is 11 points.
-locale language[:country[:variant]]
Use the specified locale.
-userdir userdir
Explicitly specify the user directory, which is the location where user settings are stored. If this option is not used on UNIX, the location is ${HOME}/nbuser33. On Microsoft Windows systems, the launcher asks the user to specify the userdir and stores the value in the registry for later use.


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