I received a reminder that there was an update for eclipse. I have downloaded and installed the updates. At the end the eclipse asked to restart it. I allowed the eclipse to restart. So far so good.
However, the eclipse does not start any more. When I click on the eclipse icon it even starts to open but only stays in the opening rectangle flashing.
The option to reinstall eclipse is out of the question. I've had MONTHS of work to get xdebug installed in eclipse, and its setup always gives me a headache.
I intend:
1) Find the folder where the eclipse configuration files are located;
2) Access the correct files where I can undo the update that went wrong. Returning the same to the perfect state before upgrading.
I do not know where to move exactly to make those fixes. I know the files that were changed on the day of the event, they are:
- config.ini
- org.eclipse.osgi
- .settings
- org.eclipse.oomph.setup
- org.eclipse.update
config.ini
#This configuration file was written by: org.eclipse.equinox.internal.frameworkadmin.equinox.EquinoxFwConfigFileParser
#Mon Mar 06 16:23:09 BRT 2017
org.eclipse.update.reconcile=false
eclipse.p2.profile=epp.package.php
[email protected]/workspace
osgi.framework=file\:plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.11.2.v20161107-1947.jar
equinox.use.ds=true eclipse.buildId=4.6.2.M201611241400osgi.bundles=reference\:file\:org.eclipse.
equinox.simpleconfigurator_1.1.200.v20160504-1450.jar@1\:startorg.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator.configUrl=file\:org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.infoeclipse.product=org.eclipse.platform.ideosgi.splashPath=platform\:/base/plugins/org.eclipse.platformosgi.framework.extensions=reference\:file\:org.eclipse.osgi.compatibility.state_1.0.200.v20160504-1419.jar,reference\:file\:javax.transaction_1.1.1.v201105210645.jar,reference\:file\:org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.nashorn.extension_1.0.2.v201610280128.jar osgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4 [email protected]/../p2/eclipse.application=org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench
.settings / org.jboss.tools.usage.prefs
allow_usage_report_preference=false
ask_user_for_usage_report_preference=false
eclipse.preferences.version=1
first_visit=1484161201009
last_visit=1488824889259
visit_count=168
Someone on this forum has certainly gone through this and solved it directly in the program folders. This is what I want. I do not want to have to reinstall everything whenever a serious error occurs.
TRUE SOLUTION PASSES AWAY FROM "REINSTALLING" A PROGRAM!