I have this weird issue where the following happens:
fresh eclipse juno install (with all updates applied)
works fine for a while asking which workspace I want to open with a dialog on startup
after a few days it stops prompting me for workspace, opens blank made up workspace instead in /Users/myself/Documents
If I check "preferences -> workspace -> startup and shutdown" everything seems fine, the only workspace in the list is the one I created and the checkbox that says "don't prompt for workspace" is not checked.
This happened a few times already on fresh eclipse installations and fresh hard drives (same machine but I replaced the hard drive, re-installed OS and everything for other reasons and now it happened again).
I am on:
OSX 10.7.5
Eclipse Juno (Service release 2)
Any help appreciated!
I have exactly the same problem on OSX, for no reason, one fine day, Eclipse will start-up with a new blank workspace!
And to all the stupid answers and responders out there: YES I know how to set and select a default workspace! And NO creating a new workspace, re-importing lots of projects and loosing all my 30+ database connections under my Toad Extension, is not an option.
What I found is that
For some reason Eclipse creates a directory /Users/user_name/Documents/workspace which is the blank workspace it starts-up with (incorrectly)
My usual workspace is under /Users/user_name/Documents/Development/eclipse
The solution is (this is on Mac OSX, don't know if it is the same on Windows):
Goto your Eclipse directory where you run Eclipse from (mine is /Applications/eclipse)
In {eclipse_dir}/configuration open the file config.ini
Find the line osgi.instance.area.default=#user.home/... and confirm that it is pointing to the bogus workspace directory.
Modify the path of this entry to point to the correct workspace
Save the config.ini file.
Try starting Eclipse and it should open your workspace now.
If your Eclipse get stuck loading plugins now, goto your workspace directory and look for the .metadata directory (its hidden). Inside the .metadata directory, remove the .mylyn directory and restart Eclipse.
Once Eclipse started with the correct workspace loaded, do a proper Eclipse shutdown to ensure your workspace is closed and saved properly.
This worked for Eclipse Juno.
Hope this helps!
Just running this command helped me
eclipse.exe -data C:\Development\Eclipse\Workspace
FYI this happens due to install of some plugins.
This same problem happened to me on Windows on two separate Eclipse installations, without installing any plugin.
I was able to get my working Workspace by clicking on File > Switch Workspace, but closing and opening Eclipse again would reset it to a default Workspace.
What apparently solved this was to force Eclipse to save Workspace settings by ticking the Prompt for workspace on startup setting in General > Startup and Shutdown > Workspaces, which I had turned off.
The next time Eclipse opened, it asked me for the Workspace, and it had my correct one first in the list. I asked not to be prompted again for it and now it opens the right workspace when I launch Eclipse once again.
I solved this problem as per JJ-za's answer, except steps 2 and 3:
In {eclipse_dir}/configuration/.settings open the file org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs (when Eclipse is not running)
Find the line RECENT_WORKSPACES= and confirm that the workspace is pointing to the correct workspace directory and that multiple workspaces are separated by \n
Related
This is kind of a weird question so bear with me.
I found a way to allow unlimited output in the 'debug shell' view and then I executed a function in the Eclipse "debug shell" (used to be known as 'display') and it produced an output so large that it breaks my Eclipse. This forced me to reboot eclipse. Unfortunately, now everytime I open Eclipse it tries to open that view again, and so my eclipse is sort of permanently broken. Is there a settings file I can go into somewhere and dump so that it doesn't keep trying to load that garbage everytime I boot Eclipse?
Thanks
The answer lies somewhere in the eclipse .metadata directory (at the root of your workspace). I closed my eclipse, deleted this directory, and then restarted my Eclipse and was able to open up the debug shell again. Keep in mind this will delete all your Eclipse settings and have to restart from scratch again, however its worth it for me because I have to have this debug shell.
I'm running Eclipse Luna on Ubuntu 12.0.4 in VirtualBox with a Windows 8 host and every once in a while, I will boot up Ubuntu and open up Eclipse to find this:
My projects should be listed in the package explorer but it's all empty and whenever I try to import the project again, it says no projects are found.
At this point, I usually go to my workspace folder and delete the .lock file and rebuild the workspace but is there an alternative to this? This error happens every ~5 times I reopen Eclipse and it has become very annoying. Any help will be appreciated!
EDIT: Okay I just tried deleting the .lock file in the .metadata folder in my workspace and I'm still getting the same error. Any suggestions?
EDIT 2: While closing my currently open tabs, I got this error. The projects that were open were Maven projects if that makes a difference.
so I am a little late for the party, but I fixed that on reimporting my projects.
Under File->Import.. you choose General->Import existing Projects into workspace. On the next page you set your workspace directory as the root directory for importing, which will give you a warning like "Some projects already exist in workspace". Ignore this and click finish.
After that all my projects where back in my workspace.
Good luck
To solve this problem, I re-created my workspace and imported my projects again.
Creating a new workspace is done via:
File > Switch Workspace
This is not an optimal solution, but until Eclipse fixes these bugs, this can save you some time trying to debug your current workspace.
I previously had a very small number of Eclipse plugins installed. So, I quickly headed to the Marketplace and installed my plugins.
And yes, Eclipse's downfall is expected. I personally find IntelliJ IDEs much better.
When I launch Eclipse it starts with one of the workspaces I created and selected "don't ask again" (standardly, Eclipse asks about which workspace to start with during the startup).
So it must store somewhere which workspace to use. Where does it store this piece of information?
In
$HOME/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.7.0_155965261/configuration/.settings
there is a file
org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs
where it is stored.
With Eclipse Juno, I can see this information in:
eclipse\configuration\.settings file.
I guess you are looking for RECENT_WORKSPACES and SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG vars.
The settings have changed since this question was posted, as newer versions of Eclipse have been released.
With Eclipse Luna, navigate to $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse/configuration/.settings and the file org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs contains settings like this (Windows file configuration shown):
MAX_RECENT_WORKSPACES=5
RECENT_WORKSPACES=C\:\\src\\eclipse-workspaces\\luna\\MyApp\nC\:\\src\\eclipse-workspaces\\luna\\MyOtherApp
RECENT_WORKSPACES_PROTOCOL=3
SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=true
eclipse.preferences.version=1
Each entry in RECENT_WORKSPACES appears to be delimited by \n with no spaces. Whenever I manually shuffle my workspaces around (which is rare, but it happens), I've had great success hand-editing this file, saving it, and having the new paths show up just fine in the Workspace Lancher/Select a Workspace dialog.
You have eclipse configuration files in "eclipse_home"/configuration and the one you may looking for is in settings directory : org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs
I was facing an issue with Spring Tool Suite 4. The workspace used to give an error and I wasn't able to select other workspace also. With the help of some answers already given, I could locate the configuration in $ECLIPSE_HOME\sts-4.7.1.RELEASE\configuration.settings\org.eclipse.epp.mpc.ui.prefs
I removed RECENT_WORKSPACES property (after you try to restart, it adds default entry again) and changed
SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=true
STS started showing workspace selection dialog again.
If Eclipse has been installed with ubuntu-make, the file location is ~/.local/share/umake/ide/eclipse-jee/configuration/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs.
Can anyone help me with this error:
java was started but returned exit code = -805306369
C:\Windows\System32\javaw.exe
-jar C:\Program Files\Java\eclipse-jee-helios-SR2-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.11.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
Just had this issue, for me it was a corrupted workspace osgi cache. The solution was to run eclipse with the -clean parameter as
eclipse.exe -clean
After some time, eclipse required to clean up, the workspace selection dialog popped up and I could start eclipse normally again.
The -clean parameter is documented in the eclipse help
My problem was a corrupted workspace the solution was from Rob's link:
http://spacetech.dk/eclipse-failed-java-was-started-but-returned-exit-code-805306369.html
I started getting the same error "exit code = -805306369" just out of no where.
Eventually I looked at the Eclipse logs at the <workspace_directory>/.metadata/.log and realized that my Source Control plugin (Perforce in my case) was unable to connect and the eclipse was stuck.
This was because my eclipse was piggy back(depending) on the client connection that I have with my Perforce windows client and my Perforce client was not connected to the server. I connected my Perforce client and the eclipse started working normal.
this happens when mostly workspace is corrupted..... cooler solution is just to switch the workspace to safer location(new location).... and just import the project from previous workspace... princess can still be saved....
For me , Just change your Workspace to another one
I got this error, when workspace already setted up. Since the java virtual machine cannot be created. try command: java -version
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
I restarted my machine, and it solved my problem.
One of the class file in my project was corrupted. The name of a class file was too long and I was not able to delete or rename it, so I rename the folder containing it and then I was able to delete the project and that solved my problem.
Now i know that my workspace was corrupted, it solved my problem.
Go to your workspace and rename it.
Start your eclipse and by default it will create a workspace.
Go to File -> Switch Workspace, choose your original workspace.
I wasn't able to disable "Automatically find new updates and notify me." The option was not there on the Install/Updates page. Perhaps eclipse workbench has changed since that answer was written.
However, running eclipse with the -clean option in my old workspace did the trick for me. The way to do that in windows is to first find the directory where eclipse.exe lives. You can go to the start menu and in the "search menus and files" bar, type eclipse. You should see the purple globe icon pop up under "Programs." Hover your mouse over it and it will tell you the directory it exists in.
Then... open "computer" or some other window from the start menu and from there navigate to the window where eclipse is. Click your mouse in the bar at the top where the directory is displayed (somewhere not on the text). That directory will highlight. Now type cmd. A black command window will open and you will be in the directory where eclipse is. At the command prompt (drum roll) type eclipse.exe -clean
eclipse will start. Make sure it is asking to go to your corrupted workspace and click OK.
Wait for it and soon you will know if your workspace has been uncorrupted. Yay!
“java was started but returned exit code = -805306369” caused by Eclipse´s currupted workspace, I solved my problem with this 4 steps:
1) claose the eclipse.
2) Kill the adb from task manager.
3) Start your eclipse and by default it will create a workspace or start with new workspace.
4) Go to File -> Switch Workspace, choose your original workspace.
In my case, it is a work laptop, so pretty secure SOE
64 bit Win 7.
Unzipped Eclipse MARS onto a folder on "C" drive
Install failed consistently with Java error code -805306369
Created a separate folder on 'C' drive for workspace, granted
everyone full-control and that fixed it!!
I got same issue when opening files using shortcut - Ctrl+Shift+R.
I got it resolved by disabling "Automatic Updates".
Steps to disable automatic update in eclipse (helios): Windows >> Preference >> Install/Update >> Automatic Updates. Disable "Automatically find new updates and notify me".
How I managed to get mine working. I used a combination of the solutions above. It works for me.
Step 1: Change your workspace to some other names e.g. change it from workspace to workspace1.
Step 2: Access your eclipse and stop automatic updates (provided that you could access after changing your workspace)
Step 3: Exit your eclipse with workspace1
Step 4: Start your eclipse with former workspace by entering eclipse.exe -clean (if you are using others then use e.g. MuleStudio.exe -clean)
In conclusion, using a combination of solutions such as changing workspace, stop automatic updates and -clean work for me. Try it yourself.
Launched Eclipse Indigo on Windows XP SP3 this morning and noticed it was taking an unusually long time; I have startup plug-ins disabled and my startup time is usually a matter of seconds.
Finally, Eclipse opened with the Welcome screen. I found that a bit odd, considering my default perspective is the Workbench. So I clicked Workbench and the Package Explorer was empty -- all my projects were gone. Also, all of my carefully tuned preferences had been reset.
Fortunately my project files are still intact and I can import them.
I had this happen before on a Mac with Galileo and thought it was just a fluke, but now it's twice that Eclipse has become self-aware.
I had been using Indigo regularly for months and changed nothing in the preferences or .ini during my last session. I do not use an AV and my computer is free of malware.
This is dangerous behavior for a commercial-grade IDE -- any ideas on why this could be happening and what could be done to prevent it in the future?
This happend to me when i accidentally moved the location of my eclipse workspace, if you cleaned up/ resorted files on your computer and moved the eclipse workspace to another directory location the IDE will appear to reset when opened.
Click File -> switch workspace, then find the location of the workspace and your projects will be restored
My Eclipse Indigo regularly resets itself (1-2 times a week). So I always have a backup of .metadata folder and restore it every time.
I tried to switch workspace but Eclipse tells: "An error occured".
Are you sure you didn't make any changes to your workspace?
Eclipse stores your preferences and settings in your workspace folder.
Maybe something happened to that folder.