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When I'm launching my eclipse application, the workspace selection dialog box is not coming. When I checked the settings in preference pages, the check box was selected for "Prompt for workspace on startup". Has anybody come across this situation?

Anand
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  • May be you have selected "Use this as default and do not ask again." on that dialog and now it is set as default and you can not see prompt. – Harry Joy Jul 04 '11 at 06:44
  • It *should* show up, when the property is set. Please have a look at the eclipse error logs, there may be a problem with a plugin/bundle. – Andreas Dolk Jul 04 '11 at 06:45
  • @Harry Joy - but that should clear the checkbox in the preference page - and that one is still selected.. – Andreas Dolk Jul 04 '11 at 06:47
  • @Harry Joy- I didn't select "Use this as default and do not ask again." @Andreas_D- I am not getting any error in plugin/bundle for that – Anand Jul 04 '11 at 12:12

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start eclipse using eclipse -clean

It will work. Thanks to some comment on the eclipse issue: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=134412

user2322652
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  • Your solution might be helpful in some cases, but please consider that the OP has already found the problem: it was an external plugin. He explained it in the comments of other answers. – Fabio says Reinstate Monica Mar 02 '16 at 14:05
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Yeah i think i know what you're talking about, i had this problem once, when i checked the box the problem got resolved, i would try unchecking the box, then closing eclipse, then open it up again and check the box and close it again, then see if the problem persists, if it does i have a way around it, if you want to switch to a different workspace then you can go to file-> switch workspace -> and then a recent workspace or select other to manually select a directory.

Hope that helped!

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  • @ John Detter- Sorry it didn't help. I already know the other way around you suggested. – Anand Jul 04 '11 at 12:14
  • Ok, if its really that bothersome then you could just re-install it, im sure that would fix it – gsfd Jul 04 '11 at 22:13
  • After long time I found the problem. Actually problem was from some other plugin which was suppressing the workspace dialog box. Once i removed those plugins, it worked fine. – Anand Jul 05 '11 at 13:18
  • oh well im glad u found the solution to your problem then. – gsfd Jul 05 '11 at 17:16
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If you wish to use another workspace than the default - or what have become the default - you can specify the -data <path> argument at start-up in the shortcut. I usually have a shortcut for each of my important workspaces - for the current set of active customers - and have linked these to my desktop.

Having said that, I don't know why you have the problem you have. The Prompt for workspace at startup setting usually works fine for me...

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  • It depends on the operating system. For Windows, you right-click Eclipse and choose "Create shortcut". This shortcut can then be edited using "Properties" and you can add `-data `. For OSX, you create a `.command` file with the content `exec open -n .../Eclipse.app --args -data ` see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/118243/open-multiple-eclipse-workspaces-on-the-mac/2390324#2390324 For Linux and other Unix-based platforms you can create a `.sh` file with with the content `exec .../eclipse -data &`. `...` is the full path to the Eclipse executable... – Tonny Madsen Jul 04 '11 at 19:05
  • After long time I found the problem. Actually problem was from some other plugin which was suppressing the workspace dialog box. Once i removed those plugins, it worked fine. – Anand Jul 05 '11 at 13:18