Eclipse fails to start after crash

Question

Eclipse crashed and I cannot restart it. How do I recover from the crash?

Here is the .log file:

!SESSION 2013-04-22 20:12:27.799 ------------------         


        

Answer 1

important If you save projects in workspace folder: back it up now

see How to run eclipse in clean mode? and what happens if we do so?

http://aglazkov.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/one-way-to-restore-eclipse-workspace/

http://breathingtech.com/2009/how-to-reset-workspace-in-eclipse/

• Open your task manager –> right click the javaw.exe process –> chose to end process tree (this will end all java runtime processes running on your computer).

Then go to your Eclipse folder –> configuration.settings and delete the org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs file. Restart Eclipse and try opening your workspace again. This does the trick for me :) Beaware that deleting this file results in resetting your workspace history so when starting Eclipse you need to manually browse to your workspace location.

• remove the workspace folder or rename it