Turn off indexing on netbeans

Question

I use Netbeans mainly for PHP.

When Netbeans starts, it always indexes all the files of all the projects I have on my list. This can take over half an hour in my case, since I have some very large websites open.

It got better in 6.7, 10 minutes at most, but still a waste of time.

Still, I'd like to turn off the indexing completely.

Netbeans has so much options, I can't see the forest for the trees.

Can anybody tell me if this is possible with a setting? Or do I need to compile Netbeans myself with an option turned off?

I'm working on Windows Vista.

Answer 1

well known problem, final solution not yet available, but maybe a work-a-round for you ....

see this plugin which stops automatic scans and adds a RefreshAll option to the Files menu. There's a risk to get your indexes out of sync, so use it with care. It worked for me.

Good luck MikeD