[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: "close projects" does not remain closed

[mlinehan@xxxxxxxxxx (Mark H Linehan)]

I was able to reproduce the same behavior in a new workspace.

I am using Eclipse 2.2 plus IBM Rational Software Architect and WebSphere 
Business Modeler all installed in the same Eclipse shell.

I could not find anything relevant in Bugzilla.

One hint: when I switched to a new test workspace, I got one project 
"pre-loaded" into the workspace.  This project is called "Predefined 
elements (WebSphere Business Modeler)".  I created a PDE project and 
switched to the PDE perspective.  I closed the PDE project and restarted 
Eclipse.  Upon restart, I could see in the Project Explorer that initially 
the PDE project was closed but it opened up automagically.

I tried closing BOTH the "Predefined elements" project and my test PDE 
project, and restarting Eclipse again.  That made no difference - both 
projects ended up open.

I tried turning off "build automatically" and restarting Eclipse. That 
made no difference - a closed project is still automatically opened.