How to Make NetBeans Treat .cpp Files as C++ Source Code?

Question

While programming in NetBeans, I downloaded all the right compilers. C worked fine for me.

But now that I started working with C++, I realized that while opening a new source file C++ with the extension .cpp the NetBeans goes to the C compilers, and then can't find include such as <iostream> etc.

But when opening the file with the extension .c++ the NetBeans does go to the right directory and does recognize everything C++ related. Is there any way to change that so that the extension .cpp will also go to the right directory? Thank You!

Corey · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-22 17:04:27Z

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By default, NetBeans does treat .cpp files as C++ source code. The file extension mappings are configurable, so it is possible that they are different or corrupt on your machine. To change them do the following:

Select Tools->Options
Click the C/C++ category.
Click the Other tab
Verify that "cpp" is in the C++ File Extensions list. If it is missing, add it.
Verify that "cpp" is not in the C File Extensions list. If it is present, remove it.
Click OK
Maybe restart NetBeans

answered Dec 22, 2014 at 17:04

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Steve Grove Over a year ago

Step 5 was the important one for me, cpp was defined (somehow?) in C source file extensions. BTW, you can override the tool used by a specific file by selecting <file>->Properties from the project view and selecting the "Tool" on the General Tab - in my case the file.cpp file was pulling in the C Tool

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