One Way to Restore Eclipse Workspace
My desktop got frozen and I had to restart it. After the restart I could not start Eclipse with my workspace, although it could start with newly created workspaces. I tried this (with the right link to the Restorer). Nothing worked (the Restorer did not even start). Here is the solution that worked for me. Delete “.snap” file under “C:\path\myworkspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources” (where C:\path\myworkspace is an example of a path to the workspace) and start Eclipse with your workspace.
Note: This worked for version 3.5.2.
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Thanks a lot! You saved my day!
This worked for me on Eclipse 3.5.2.R35 Galileo SR2
Glad it helped.
Eclipse 3.4.1 here. Didn’t find a .snap file, but removing workspace/.metadata/.lock
and workspace/.metadata/.log seems to have worked.
I don’t have Eclipse 3.4.x anymore. So I cannot verify. Thanks for the advice.
great solution.
glad i found your site.
saved me some good time!
thanx man i owe u
thanks a lot man , you saved my day as well , and it worked for helios sr2
eclipse : IDE-helios-SR2-package/eclipse-jee-helios-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64(2).tar.gz
An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/cupola-hadoop-project/hadoop-project-worlspace/.metadata/.log
already i deleted :
/home/cupola-hadoop-project/hadoop-project-worlspace/.metadata # rm .lock
but problem not fixed can any give suggestion:
regards
C.Ranga Swamy
crswamy929@gmail.com
8904524975
I should have added that I fixed that problem in Eclipse under Windows. Based on your information, you use Eclipse under Linux. My gut feeling is Eclipse corrupts workspaces differently on different platforms. I am still interested to hear how you fixed the problem (if you fix it).
BTW, there is no way I could take a look at your .log file.
Thanks a lot for your tip.