[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Deleting Eclipse directory didn't restart se

["Dave Wegener" <wegener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I had Eclipse 3.4.1 installed and working with the Subclipse plugin. The
> next day I tried to run it again and it said some message when it started
> (something about Tigress.org if I recall correctly) and the Subclipse
> wouldn't work. It just shows a blank workspace when I change to the SVN
> Repository Exploring perspective.
>
> Ok, you little mynx, Eclipse, I'll play along with your silly little
games!
> So I deleted the Eclipse directory, downloaded Eclipse again, and ran it.
>
> But guess what? It didn't give me a welcome splash screen this time. It
> still showed the old Profile icons at the top (without the proper icons,
but
> the buttons were still there). It even showed the "revert profiles"
history.
>
> What gives? People always say that once you delete the Eclipse directory
it
> gets rid of everything - plugins, settings, etc... So next I tried to
delete
> the .eclipse folder that ends up in your "user" directory. In my case, the
> directory called Brian. Unzipped Eclipse into a fresh directory and ran it
> again. Guess what? It still had the ghosts of those Profile icons!
>
> So does anyone know how to uninstall Eclipse in Vista and absolutely get
rid
> of all the old settings so it's like running it from scratch?
>
> - Brian
>

This would be coming from the Eclipse workspace.  The workspace holds onto
preference settings and keeps track of the perspectives/views that you had
open last.  You can get back to defaults by creating a new workspace when
you start Eclipse.