Where does Eclipse store the info about which workspace to start up with?

Question

When I launch Eclipse it starts with one of the workspaces I created and selected \"don\'t ask again\" (standardly, Eclipse asks about which workspace to start with during the s

Answer 1

If Eclipse has been installed with ubuntu-make, the file location is ~/.local/share/umake/ide/eclipse-jee/configuration/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs.

Answer 2

I was facing an issue with Spring Tool Suite 4. The workspace used to give an error and I wasn't able to select other workspace also. With the help of some answers already given, I could locate the configuration in $ECLIPSE_HOME\sts-4.7.1.RELEASE\configuration.settings\org.eclipse.epp.mpc.ui.prefs

I removed RECENT_WORKSPACES property (after you try to restart, it adds default entry again) and changed

SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=true

STS started showing workspace selection dialog again.

Answer 3

The settings have changed since this question was posted, as newer versions of Eclipse have been released.

With Eclipse Luna, navigate to $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse/configuration/.settings and the file org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs contains settings like this (Windows file configuration shown):

MAX_RECENT_WORKSPACES=5
RECENT_WORKSPACES=C\:\\src\\eclipse-workspaces\\luna\\MyApp\nC\:\\src\\eclipse-workspaces\\luna\\MyOtherApp
RECENT_WORKSPACES_PROTOCOL=3
SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG=true
eclipse.preferences.version=1

Each entry in RECENT_WORKSPACES appears to be delimited by \n with no spaces. Whenever I manually shuffle my workspaces around (which is rare, but it happens), I've had great success hand-editing this file, saving it, and having the new paths show up just fine in the Workspace Lancher/Select a Workspace dialog.

Answer 4

With Eclipse Juno, I can see this information in: eclipse\configuration\.settings file.

I guess you are looking for RECENT_WORKSPACES and SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG vars.

Answer 5

You have eclipse configuration files in "eclipse_home"/configuration and the one you may looking for is in settings directory : org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs

Answer 6

In

$HOME/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.7.0_155965261/configuration/.settings

there is a file

org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs

where it is stored.