NetBeans

I like to use NetBeans for developing Java applications. However, there is some little thing that is bugging me about it and causing me to rely on other IDEs, or even text editors. If the program crashes once, all the settings get broken, and even the window order looks different. It also would start giving errors, and becomes generally annoying.

Does anybody know of a way to avoid that? Or at least to fix it if it crashes? Can I for instance save a certain xml file that contains settings and then just copy it back when it crashes?

This single thing really bothers me about an otherwise very good IDE.

Thanks for any input!