[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Project disappeared

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Garyl Erickson wrote:
> I've been using Eclipse 3.1 & EPIC as an IDE for Perl development (on 
> Windows) for a couple years, but I admit to not understanding much about 
> how to use Eclipse itself and where it stores preferences or setup info. 
> When I opened up Eclipse this morning, I got nothing but a welcome to 
> Eclipse view. What happened to the previous view of my project? How do I 
> get it back? I've tried changing workspaces, but I get the same thing.

The only way this could happen (baring some huge bug that no one has 
reported before) is that either the contents of your workspace directory 
 was deleted/moved or you chose a different workspace when Eclipse 
prompted you at start-up.
Can you confirm that the workspace location you had used before is the 
same that you are using now? On Windows the default is
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\workspace


> Open Project on the project menu is greyed out. Why? Do I have to open 
> something else first?

Projects have to be created in or imported into the workspace in order 
to be Opened. If you fix the first problem you'r project(s) will show up 
again and then you can Close/Open them.


> Where was the information stored that allowed Eclipse (or was it EPIC?) 
> to open the same set of prespectives or views or projects or workspaces 
> or whichever it was when it starts up?

It's all in the workspace (under the .metadata directory). Get back to 
your original workspace and all will return to normal ;-)

Eric