Eclipse freezing at startup - before loading workspace

eclipse plugins gwt startup
pillingworth picture pillingworth · Sep 7, 2010 · Viewed 54.5k times · Source

First thing on a morning, just after I switch on my PC (Windows XP) and start my Eclipse it simply shows the splash screen and then freezes. After about 20 minutes it will then ask me which workspace to load.

The problem was happening with 3.5 and 3.6 Eclipse. With the 3.6 Eclipse installation I only have the standard PDE install + Google plugin (for GWT development) + Subclipse.

Because I have it configured to ask me for the workspace I can see its not workspace or project related.

I suspect the Google plugin as I have not had any problems before installing this but I have searched and have not come across anybody reporting similar problems.

It only does this once - straight after I switch my machine on in the morning. After this it starts fine - typically in a few seconds.

What is it likely to be doing? How can I find out what it is doing?

Answer

marcelebrate picture marcelebrate · Mar 23, 2012

The link @CharlesB posted led me in the right direction, but I found that you only need to delete the .snap file located here:

[Workspace Directory]/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.snap

(Note the .metadata directory is hidden.)

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