Starting Eclipse w/ Specific Workspace

Question

Is there a way to start an instance of eclipse, passing it some sort of parameter telling it to use a specific workspace?

The problem I\'m trying to solve is that I

Answer 1

Creating a shortcut file with target :

Create a shortcut of your eclipse. Open the properties of the shortcut file and set the target as follows,

E\STS.exe -data "WORKSPACE_LOCATION"

For launching from .bat file :

cd ECLIPSE_LOCATION   
start STS.exe -data "WORKSPACE_LOCATION"

Example:

cd /D D:\IDE\sts-bundle\sts-3.7.0.RELEASE    
start STS.exe -data "D:\My Workspace\workspace1"