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I deleted my .eclipse folder under users/xxxx/.eclipse and now my emulator will not load, nor can I update the ADT under eclipse. Is there a way to rebuild it? Why is it causing the emulator to hang (boot animation)?

Ja͢ck
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  • I would recommend just re-installing eclipse. Not too difficult and you should still have all your projects intact. What OS are you using? – OrwellHindenberg Dec 05 '12 at 21:37

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I recommend re-installing eclipse. This will keep your projects intact but you might have to re-install some plugins.

I am going to assume you are using a linux/unix OS based on .eclipse folder. Use the following to clear out the old installation.

sudo apt-get remove --purge eclipse

Then get the most recent version of eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. Extract using a command like

tar -zxvf eclipse-SDK-4.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz

NOTE: There should be an eclipse folder under /usr/lib already backup and or delete that folder before following the next step.

If using linux move the resulting eclipse folder to /usr/lib.

Then you should be able to run your new version of eclipse by typing eclipse in the terminal.

OrwellHindenberg
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  • Thanks for the replies guys, I got everything back up and running, I was just being impatient waiting for my emulator to load, (took about 27 minutes to fire up). And I was trying to update to the NON-https link instead of the https. I'm on Windows 7 Pro, and with everything functioning I still don't have a .eclipse folder where I used to (even after several suggested reinstalls). Odd I guess??? Thanks so much again for helping out a noob! Neal – Neal Dec 05 '12 at 23:44
  • Glad you got everything figured out! If you are still having trouble with your android emulator being slow you might want to look at the following link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1554099/slow-android-emulator – OrwellHindenberg Dec 06 '12 at 20:12