[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Upgrading Eclipse and retaining settings

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Qu0ll wrote:
> I have Eclipse 3.2.1 and I wish to install 3.3M5 and retain all my 
> settings. What's the correct way to do this?  Is it just a case of 
> unzipping the folder contents on top of the existing files?

No, definitely don't do that - it will not work.
You have two options:
A) Install 3.3 seperately but point it to your existing workspace when 
it starts up. Eclipse stores all your Preferences in the workspace. Just 
make sure to back up the workspace because once you touch it with 3.3 it 
will not longer be compatible with 3.2
B) You can use a new workspace for 3.3 but export all Preferences 
settings from 3.2 via the menu File > Export

Hope this helps,
	Eric