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

["Walter Harley" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Mark H Linehan" <mlinehan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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>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'm going to guess you mean Eclipse 3.2?  I don't think there was ever a 
2.2.


> 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.

Hmm, I wonder if this is something that WSBM is doing (inadvertently, one 
assumes)?  I don't see this behavior in plain Eclipse, and the fact that 
there's nothing in Bugzilla would tend to support that.  Might be worth 
trying to contact WebSphere support.