[FIXED] Can't find /dist directory in Netbeans 8

Issue

I'm trying to export a project as a .jar in NetBeans 8, and I realize it's supposed to save automatically. All the sources I've found point out that it should be located in <myProjectFolder>/dist,but that directory does not exist-- is there a setting I must toggle?

Solution

You have to first clean and build to generate one.

As you do programming work you will see the result of your work , but this doesn't go into the dist folder until you clean and build.

Answered By - aakash
Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (JavaFixing Volunteer)