title: intellij IDEA import settings
body: <p>I am trying to import settings from another person's IntelliJ IDEA installation. I followed the instructions that JetBrains provide <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/exporting-and-importing-settings.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and I was presented with the messages that suggest that it has worked. But on restarting my IDE I find that the settings have not been imported but the settings are exactly as they were before I tried to import the other settings.</p>
  
  <p>If it helps I use IntelliJ 12.1.7</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I just tried <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21051991/importing-jar-file-into-intellij-idea">this method</a> but I had no success.</p>