Uninstall an Eclipse plugin when the "Uninstall..." button is disabled

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Tristan picture Tristan · Jun 25, 2011 · Viewed 10.7k times · Source

Sometimes, for some reason, the "Uninstall" button is disabled in Help > About Eclipse > Installation Details (For example, after installing Aptana plugin, which forces the use of an older installer in Eclipse Galileo).

How is it possible to remove these plugins with "Uninstall" disabled ?

Answer

SachiraChin picture SachiraChin · Jan 10, 2012

Try run eclipse as administrator. It worked for me.

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