NetBeans – where to find the IDE log?

The logfile is stored in the “User Directory”.
The location of the user directory is shown under “Help -> About”.
Inside that directory the logfile itself can be found in the sub-directory var\log and is named messages.log

You can display the log file directly inside the IDE using “View -> IDE Log”. The first view lines of the logfile also include the information about the user directory.

That is helpful if you just want to copy & paste a part of the logfile (e.g. the exception of the error you are reporting).

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