# XMLmind XML Editor - Online Help

## 8. Options menu

Preferences

  Displays the Preferences dialog box which allows to specify a large number of user preferences.

Reload All Configurations

  Reloads all configuration files found by XXE at startup time. This command is disabled if one or more documents are opened in the editor.

  Without this command, testing modifications made to an existing configuration requires you to restart the editor. Note that restarting the editor is still required to make it discover new configurations or to reload support code (i.e. `.jar` files).

  This menu item is hidden by default. You need to enable it by checking "Enable the Developer Tools" in Options → Preferences, General|Features section.

Install Add-ons

  Displays the Install Add-ons dialog box, which allows to download and install, upgrade and uninstall all sorts of add-ons. This dialog box is not available if XXE has been deployed using Java™ Web Start.

  ### Tip

  If you hold the Shift key and click on Options → Install Add-ons, you'll be able to automatically upgrade all the installed add-ons (of course, if any and if needed to).

  ### Note

  This menu item is absent when XMLmind XML Editor has been started using Java™ Web Start.