Flash Builder 4.0.1 install resets workspace and all preferences

[wrench]

I've just applied the 4.0.1 update, and loading up FB for the first time shows the default workspace. I'd made a lot of customisations to where panels were, what SDK's were used, what projects were present in the Package Explorer - all of which are now gone.

Why would an update reset everything back to the state the software was in the first time I ran it? Is there any way for me to restore the settings I had prior to the update?

[C__Agruss__Adobe_]

Hi,

Sorry that your update experience wasn't smoother.

There were a lot of tests run to cover that sort of scenario, so I'm surprised we didn't catch it prior to release. Before the update, were you using the default workspace name/location, or had you switched to an alternate workspace name?

If you were using a custom workspace name, then the solution to recovering your preferences would be to switch back to that alternate workspace again. A lot of the preferences are stored in the workspace, so if the updater switched you back to the default workspace name, that could explain the differences (I hope).

-Chris

[wrench]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the response. I did look in the Workspaces dialog thinking that perhaps my old workspace would be available in there, but it wasn't in the dropdown. I did have my Flex workspace setup in a folder that wasn't the defaul, so once I tracked that down everything was back to how it was prior to the update. Probably need to include this information in a technote.