eclipse won't load workspace

Question

I was working in eclipse, and it got stuck, and next it refused to load my usual workspace folder

this is what the logfile shows

how can i load this folder again

Answer 1

Just linking the solution provided by Fredrik in the thread: eclipse won't start but no error is shown

"It seems to fail when trying to restore the workspace.

Try:

Open a new workspace. If it has been set to use a default, go to \configuration.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs and set SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG to true

Try deleting /.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.snap

As suggested in a comment: If using Eclipse 4, you may have to delete the file .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi aswell."

Answer 2

I had the same problem. Deleting .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi worked. I am not sure of the root cause, though.

OR

Move the contents of "plugins" folder to some other folder and restart eclipse. Eclipse will add all these plugins after restart. Replace the new folders with the copied folders.

Answer 3

Removing the .snap file worked for me:

rm WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.snap