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| Re: how can I clear the eclipse preference/setting? [message #300222 is a reply to message #300219] |
Sat, 04 March 2006 21:03   |
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Originally posted by: varavamu.yahoo.com
once you stop Eclipse, delete all the files at this location:
<workspace>\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime
and when you restart Eclipse, your preference settings will have been
erased.
hth,
Vijay
yinglcs wrote:
> how can I clear the eclipse preference/setting but KEEP my file
> history (use in the compare with/replace with)?
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| Re: how can I clear the eclipse preference/setting? [message #300229 is a reply to message #300222] |
Sun, 05 March 2006 00:58 |
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Originally posted by: automatic.javalobby.org
Well, only the preferences for the runtime plugin. There's still a lot of preferences stored in other areas (e.g. the JDT preferences and so on).
What might be better is to export the preference(s) from the Preferences window to a file; then open it up in an editor to check that it's got the ones you want. Then delete the entire .metadata directory (not whilst Eclipse is running!!) and restart Eclipse. Then import the preferences you want back again afterwards.
Each plugin has its own directory in .plugins, and each has its own preferences and other miscellany in there.
Alex.
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| Re: how can I clear the eclipse preference/setting? [message #300230 is a reply to message #300229] |
Sun, 05 March 2006 01:12 |
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Originally posted by: varavamu.yahoo.com
but the OP wanted to save the history - so we cant delete the .metadata
area.
vijay
Alex Blewitt wrote:
> Well, only the preferences for the runtime plugin. There's still a lot of preferences stored in other areas (e.g. the JDT preferences and so on).
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> What might be better is to export the preference(s) from the Preferences window to a file; then open it up in an editor to check that it's got the ones you want. Then delete the entire .metadata directory (not whilst Eclipse is running!!) and restart Eclipse. Then import the preferences you want back again afterwards.
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> Each plugin has its own directory in .plugins, and each has its own preferences and other miscellany in there.
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> Alex.
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| Re: how can I clear the eclipse preference/setting? [message #300239 is a reply to message #300232] |
Sun, 05 March 2006 15:14 |
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Originally posted by: varavamu.yahoo.com
i looked at the contents of the .metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.runtime
directory - and it does contain *.prefs - which are the preferences for
each individual plugin. So - deleting them and running with -clean
should do what the OP asked for.
But there are some plugins which store view state within the
'dialog_preferences.xml' files - which are in each separate directory.
Vijay
Alex Blewitt wrote:
> Good point, well made. Where's that stored? in the .metadata directory, or in one of the .plugins location? (Of course, the same still applies that it may not be just settings in the org.eclipse.runtime area.)
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> Alex.
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