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| <intro> |
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| <p>Location of the IDE files depends on the operating system, and %product% version.</p> |
| <p>In this section:</p> |
| <tag-list of="chapter" title-source="title"/> |
| </intro> |
| </header> |
| <content> |
| <chapter title="Windows"> |
| <p>All the files are located under this directory by default:</p> |
| <p>Windows Vista, 7, 8</p> |
| <code style="block"> |
| <SYSTEM DRIVE>\Users\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| <p>Windows XP</p> |
| <code style="block"> |
| <SYSTEM DRIVE>\Documents and Settings\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| <h3>Example</h3> |
| <list> |
| <li for="ij">IntelliJ IDEA 13 Ultimate Edition:<br/> |
| <code style="block"> |
| c:\Users\John\.IntelliJIdea13\ |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li for="ij">IntelliJ IDEA 13 Community Edition |
| <code style="block"> |
| c:\Users\John\.IdeaIC13\ |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li for="ps,ws">WebStorm 7.0, PhpStorm 7.0 |
| <code style="block"> |
| c:\Users\John\.WebIde70\ |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li for="rm">RubyMine 6.0 |
| <code style="block"> |
| c:\Users\John\.RubyMine60\ |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li for="py">PyCharm 3.0 |
| <code style="block"> |
| c:\Users\John\.PyCharm30\ |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| </list> |
| <!-- |
| <h3>Sub-directories</h3> |
| <p>Under this directory you'll find the following sub-directories:</p> |
| <list> |
| <li><b>config</b>: configuration (idea.config.path)</li> |
| <li><b>config\plugins</b>: plugins (idea.plugins.path)</li> |
| <li><b>system</b>: caches, local history, etc (idea.system.path)</li> |
| <li><b>system\log</b>: logs and thread dumps (idea.log.path)</li> |
| </list> |
| --> |
| <p>Refer to the page <a href="topicId47">Project and IDE Settings</a>.</p> |
| </chapter> |
| <chapter title="Linux and the Other UNIX Systems" caps="aswritten"> |
| <p>Product directory starting with dot can be found in the user home directory. The pattern is:</p> |
| <code style="block"> |
| ~/.<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| <p>~ is an alias for the home directory, for example <code style="inline">/home/john</code>.</p> |
| </chapter> |
| <chapter title="MacOS" caps="aswritten"> |
| <list> |
| <li> |
| <b>Configuration</b><br/> |
| <code style="block"> |
| ~/Library/Preferences/<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <b>Caches</b><br/> |
| <code style="block"> |
| ~/Library/Caches/<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <b>Plugins</b><br/> |
| <code style="block"> |
| ~/Library/Application Support/<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <b>Logs</b><br/> |
| <code style="block"> |
| ~/Library/Logs/<PRODUCT><VERSION> |
| </code> |
| </li> |
| </list> |
| <p>where <PRODUCT> is <for id="rm,py,ij">%product%</for><for id="ij">(%product% Ultimate Edition), |
| IdeaIC (%product% Community Edition)</for><for id="ps,ws">WebIde (WebStrom and PhpStorm use this common directory)</for>. </p> |
| </chapter> |
| </content> |
| <seealso> |
| <category id="2"> |
| <link>topicId47</link><!--project and ide settings--> |
| </category> |
| </seealso> |
| </topic> |