Change secure storage directory in Eclipse - user.home path issue on Windows

Question

I have an issue with saving passwords in Eclipse. None of my passwords are \"remembered\" and I\'ve found Eclipse tries to save them in a folder my Windows account doesn\'t

Answer 1

The secure storage location is set by the "eclipse.keyring" setting.

To change the storage location to a configuration folder under the eclipse folder with a relative path, add the following before the "-vmargs" line in the eclipse.ini file:

-eclipse.keyring
configuration\.eclipse\org.eclipse.equinox.security\secure_storage

Otherwise, an absolute path can be used like:

-eclipse.keyring
C:\eclipse\configuration\.eclipse\org.eclipse.equinox.security\secure_storage

To keep the "secure_storage" file in your user directory, copy it to the location you choose.

Tested with Eclipse Mars.