Eclipse hangs on startup [duplicate]

Answer 1

With Eclipse Kepler, you need to remove all of the .snap files within the .plugins directory, i.e. C:...\eclipse-jee-kepler-R-win32.metadata.plugins. Once I did that, everything started up fine. (NOTE: There are about 10 *.snap files total)

Answer 2

1. Edit workbench.xml in the \workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench\ folder
2. remove all the coding in XML File in between <editor></editor> in the <editors></editors>
3. save the xml file and close the eclipse platform and restart your Eclipse and it should run properly

Answer 3

Couldn't solve these problems with any of the above options on mars or neon. Downgraded to Luna, which also happens to be the version that I had deleted previously. This worked for me.

Answer 4

Tried all the above options, nothing worked. So I finally figured out the solution: I removed all JRE installations in my C:\Program Files and C:|Program Files(x86) folders. Installed a new JDK 7 package, copied the fullpath of JDK7\bin folder and appended it at the end of the "Path" variable found under 'Environment variables' of my Windows 7 pc. Then restarted everything, so it worked.

Answer 5

Remove .snap (or .markers in Indigo) from .metadata.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources.projects\\

Answer 6

I've had exactly the same problem and could solve it using the answer here https://stackoverflow.com/a/5504530/1275767 which works by moving the projects out of the workspace and back in again after Eclipse has been started and stopped.

Starting it with -clean -data started eclipse but whenever I switched the workspace using the eclipse gui it wouldn't load.