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| Summary: | Eclipse does not start on Windows when there is a # (sharp) in the path to eclipse | ||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] Equinox | Reporter: | Arne Deutsch <Arne.Deutsch> |
| Component: | Components | Assignee: | equinox.components-inbox <equinox.components-inbox> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | minor | ||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | giachelini, remy.suen, tjwatson |
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows XP | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
Build Identifier: 20090621-0832 If you try to start eclipse on a path with a sharp (e.g. "C:\my#\eclipse\" ) eclipse does not start but crashes with exit code 13. Problem seems to be in: org.eclipse.equinox.launcher/src/org/eclipse/equinox/launcher/Main.java private URL getInstallLocation() Problematic line: path = new File(path).toURL().getFile(); At this point the path is truncated. A simple program to reproduce the problem outside of eclipse: import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println(new File("C:/test#/testthis").toURL().getFile()); } } Output is: "/C:/test" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install eclipse on a path with a sharp (e.g. "C:\my#\eclipse" ) on windows XP 2. Start eclipse by double clicking "eclipse.exe" 3. Watch the crash screen.