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Bug 350305

Summary:

Eclipse is not prompting for a workspace directory

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

Eric Berry <eric_berry>

Component:

Runtime

Assignee:

platform-runtime-inbox <platform-runtime-inbox>

Status:

RESOLVED NOT_ECLIPSE

QA Contact:

Severity:

major

Priority:

CC:

scohen

Version:

3.7

Target Milestone:

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Hardware:

OS:

Windows 7

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
My eclipse.ini configuration	none
My config.ini	none

Description Eric Berry

2011-06-24 13:18:45 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110615-0604

Eclipse is not prompting for a workspace directory regardless of the preferences setting at General>Startup and Shutdown>Workspaces>Prompt for workspace on startup

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Eclipse
2. No workspace directory prompt appears.
3.

Comment 1 John Arthorne

2011-06-24 16:17:04 EDT

Are you passing any command line arguments to eclipse when you start it?

Comment 2 Eric Berry

2011-06-24 16:20:11 EDT

Created attachment 198574 [details]
My eclipse.ini configuration

Comment 3 Eric Berry

2011-06-24 16:20:34 EDT

Created attachment 198575 [details]
My config.ini

Comment 4 Eric Berry

2011-06-24 16:21:37 EDT

No, it's pretty much the standard J2EE download.  But I have installed several plugins.  I'll try unziping the fresh download again and seeing what happens.

Comment 5 John Arthorne

2011-06-24 16:33:44 EDT

There is a known bug pattern where a plugin asks for the workspace location before the prompt can occur. This causes it to force a default location and the user is never prompted. If this is the problem, it's certainly possibly caused by any plugin. So, trying a fresh install is a good first step. Thanks for following up.

Comment 6 Eric Berry

2011-06-24 16:36:07 EDT

When I unzipped my J2EE download and ran it clean without any plugins, it is
prompting me for a workspace.  I restarted several times and it continues to
prompt me.

The one that I built yesterday with all of my plugins will never prompt me not
matter what I try.  

So I guess the work around is to start over and reinstall all of my plugins
again.

Thanks for your help.

Comment 7 DJ Houghton

2011-06-28 16:18:42 EDT

As John mentioned this is most likely a problem with one of the extra plug-ins that you have installed accessing the workspace data area before it has been set (and before the prompt has come up).
Closing.

Comment 8 Steve Cohen

2011-09-15 10:18:13 EDT

I've just experienced this for the first time on HELIOS.  It was never a problem until I installed the Spring plugin.

I plan to migrate to INDIGO soon.  I have it installed and it's NOT happening there even though Spring is installed.

Comment 9 Steve Cohen

2011-09-15 10:25:48 EDT

(In reply to comment #8)
> I've just experienced this for the first time on HELIOS.  It was never a
> problem until I installed the Spring plugin.
> 
> I plan to migrate to INDIGO soon.  I have it installed and it's NOT happening
> there even though Spring is installed.

And now by reverting to the previous config, the problem has gone away.