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I have problem with running my Eclipse. I tried 3.7, 4.2 and 4.3 versions with java 6 and java 7. Nothing can help me. It shows me popup screen but it doesn't start to load( I dont have chance to choose workspace). Starting it with -debug -console parameters shows that it stops running in this moment:

Time to load bundles: 10
Starting application: 6374
osgi>

I have started JVisualVM but I cannot observe anything special. There are no deadlocks etc.

Edit

My observations were to deep... After ~60s pid of eclipse is dead.

Edit 2

Now it stops on 

Time to load bundles: 8
org.eclipse.m2e.logback.configuration: The org.eclipse.m2e.logback.configuration bundle was activated before the state location was initialized.  Will retry after the state location is initialized.
Starting application: 3557

Edit 3

I have managed to start it but only with -clean parameter and with choosing workspace from command line -data parameter.

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

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  • I removed the .snap files from my workspace folder under .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects/.org.eclipse.dltk.core.external.folders and I think this fixed it. – Confidant Aug 08 '16 at 23:22
  • Did the same and it works, but after that my workspace and all the projects were lost. Had to setup it again. – Andre Aus B Feb 20 '19 at 12:21
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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.

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rtack
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  • I happen to have the same problem with Eclipse RCP 2019, every few days I need to reimport projects into a new workspace due to this problem. Clearly this is not very usable solution, since it clears all the workspace state. – Dinko Ivanov Oct 28 '19 at 09:38
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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)

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  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
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user6191453
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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.

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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.

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