Eclipse refreshing workspace takes forever

Question

When I start up Eclipse, ready to rock, I have to sit there and wait for like 5 or 6 minutes until Eclipse get its sh*t together, \"Refreshing workspace... (13%)\" it states in

Answer 1

Based on my experience, the Refresh Workspace issue is not always related to the number of open projects. In fact I think there are a couple of different reasons why Eclipse hangs itself shortly after UI start-up. One thing one can always try on different Eclipse versions (Indigo, Juno, or Kepler) is to delete the platforms index files. Just run a find command against your workspace metadata directory and remove *.index files found.