.metadata\.log error in eclipse

Question

I have a problem with Eclipse, it worked until yesterday, and now when i try to open it, i get this message [ an error has occurred see the log file workspacename.metadata.log] i searched i found some Suggestions like delete some files on .metadata.plugins but not working with me ! so any help

eclipse.buildId=v21.1.0-569685
java.version=1.7.0_10
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=ar_SA
Framework arguments:  -product com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product
com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product

Sameera Chathuranga · Answer 1 · 2018-09-26T20:18:16.887

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Delete: /YOUR PATH TO WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources

Update 2018 I do not recommend this answer anymore. I was tested it 2014 and it was working for me for older eclipse IDE at that time. I m not using eclipse anymore for development. I recommended using an android studio for android development. Thank you

edited Sep 26 '18 at 20:18

answered Apr 28 '14 at 06:50

Sameera Chathuranga

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if someone put -1 to the answer .. its better to say the reason too – Sameera Chathuranga Jun 05 '14 at 10:34
It was not enough (at least for me); you need to delete whole ./metadata folder, as mentioned by other answers – YaP Feb 22 '18 at 12:48
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Deleting .metadata folder will never be good option, if you number of projects and any configurations, all will be lost. – kuhajeyan Mar 09 '18 at 16:55

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 22 '14 at 13:21

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1) You have to delete the folder metadata in your workspace.

2) Start Eclipse as usual - the folder metadata is newly creating by starting Eclipse

edited Dec 22 '14 at 13:21

Karthikeyan.R.S

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answered Dec 22 '14 at 12:58

alex

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 07 '17 at 16:12

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If your operation system is Mac OS and you are using version of Java 1.9 this error occurs and eclipse don't start up. So you need to downgrade your java version to 1.8 release until this issue fixed.

answered Oct 07 '17 at 16:12

ibrahimgunes

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 08 '16 at 05:30

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You have to delete the folder metadata in your workspace. is the best way to resolved this issue. solved my problem.

answered Apr 08 '16 at 05:30

Er Amit Anand

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 26 '19 at 00:16

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I added -clean in the top of eclipse.ini file and it works for me.

answered Mar 26 '19 at 00:16

wikimix

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This worked for me as well and is a less invasive change than deleting all metadata. – sdfx Oct 04 '20 at 16:43

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 10 '18 at 14:07

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I got the same error while opening eclipse because of incompatible jdk version with eclipse. I use eclipse eclipse LUNA and i downloaded jdk10.1 version which eclipse luna cannot handle,it can handle only jdk8 or below versions.

answered Aug 10 '18 at 14:07

Sriram Kodavati

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 05 '21 at 05:46

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Windows 64 OS user here. I solved this problem by installing the latest JDK, as of now jdk-8u302-windows-x64.

answered Aug 05 '21 at 05:46

Jona

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 26 '22 at 00:32

I am using Ubunut 20.04
I have JDK 11 and JDK 8 installed, and I downloaded Eclipse Luna
By defaul JDK 11 was installed. I tried to install Eclipse but didn't work.
I changed the version by JDK 8 using:

 sudo update-alternatives --config java

Pulse intro to select the version according to the numbers that come out: example: 0,1, etc
Again I installed and it worked with JDK8.

score -1 · Answer 9 · answered May 05 '13 at 01:03

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Well, my suggestion is you follow the instructions and actually see the log file workspacename.metadata.log. If you already did, attach the relevant stack trace so we can help.

answered May 05 '13 at 01:03

Elist

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oh, i was delete this file !! i try to open eclipse again than i get this message [ cant open myprojectname\lib\jvm.cfg ] !! – Arwa May 05 '13 at 18:38

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '13 at 16:29

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I solved this problem by follow this step:

1-delete metadata folder (workspace) 2-reinstall java JDK 3 re unzip eclipse

answered May 07 '13 at 16:29

Arwa

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Er Prajesh · Answer 11 · 2018-01-12T05:16:38.600

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I have tried every solution from stackoverflow, youtube even i have reinstalled OS etc. but still it as showing same error.Downgrading JDK 1.9 to JDK 1.8 worked for me.

edited Jan 12 '18 at 05:16

answered Jan 11 '18 at 20:45

Er Prajesh

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score -1 · Answer 12 · answered May 13 '19 at 00:46

If you recently updated your java version, most likely eclipse is trying to use the new version unless explicitly specified. Just explicitly specify the jdk you were using before.

If using a MAC the steps will look as follow for example:

ECLIPSE FOLDER/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini.

Add the following

-vm
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/OLDER_JDK/Contents/Home/bin

For me OLDER_JDK was jdk1.8.0_144.jdk

score -1 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 09 '20 at 14:42

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Just delete the snap file located under metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/

That might fix it.

answered Dec 09 '20 at 14:42

jack

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score -1 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 26 '21 at 06:11

Deleting workspace/.metadata will remove all your downloaded plugins and libraries which I do not recommend. The best and easy solution is to change your JAVA_HOME path. If you are using multiple JDKs then change the JAVA_HOME path to the one which you have used in Eclipse recently. You can check the Java version using the command java -version.

score -2 · Answer 15 · answered Mar 27 '19 at 15:15

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Delete .metadata folder or follow this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7qOGSYcw8Y https://mauricemutetingundi.blogspot.com/2019/03/problem-solved-error-has-occurred-see.html then start eclipse. If the the projects are lost on eclipse sidebar load them again by clicking file menu and selecting appropriate options

answered Mar 27 '19 at 15:15

az fav

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