Eclipse IDE does not start

Question

My computer suddenly shut down due to power failure, while I was working on an Android project using my Eclipse Indigo IDE.

Now, if I start Eclipse, only an empty message dialog (see screen shot) appears and Eclipse does not start. What can I do?

(I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

Answer 1

Mabe Some files found in the .metadata folder of your workspace are damaged, have you tried to launch it by specifying another workspace?

You can manually specify the workspace location on the command line, using the -data command-line argument.

If you don't want to loose a lot of time by trying to fix the problem, you can import your projects into the new workspace, reinstall the plugins that was installed before and everything will be ok. otherwise, you have to take a look on the .log file found in the .metadata folder of your old workspace, analyse the stacktrace and try to understand which plugin is corrupted and delete it manually, and this may take a lot of time, thats why i suggest you the first solution. About the .metadata folder, it is in ~old_workspace/.metadata.

Answer 2

1. check your filesystems. Maybe something got corrupted when power was lost.
2. Check my blog post When Eclipse Won't Start and Restoring a Corrupted Workspace in Eclipse