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Eclipse installation folder renameable/moveable? [message #716753]

Thu, 18 August 2011 10:29

Ben Stover

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Registered: January 2010

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Assume I have installed (portable) Eclipse into folder

D:\java\projectdev\Eclipse\

can I rename the last folder or move the installation folder to another location e.g.

D:\dev\java\Eclipse\

of cause without causing problems with Eclipse?

Or is the initial installation fodler somehwere stored (forever) e.g. in *.ini files or registry of (plugin) config files?

This which would make Eclipse installation unmoveable

Peter

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(no subject) [message #716790 is a reply to message #716753]

Thu, 18 August 2011 13:20

Russell Bateman

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

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On 18-Aug-11 04:29, Ben wrote:
> Assume I have installed (portable) Eclipse into folder
>
> D:\java\projectdev\Eclipse\
>
> can I rename the last folder or move the installation folder to another
> location e.g.
>
> D:\dev\java\Eclipse\
>
> of cause without causing problems with Eclipse?
>
> Or is the initial installation fodler somehwere stored (forever) e.g. in
> *.ini files or registry of (plugin) config files?
>
> This which would make Eclipse installation unmoveable
>
> Peter

Eclipse isn't "installed" in any real sense (i.e.: it doesn't use the
registry). It merely lives in whatever folder you dropped (or exploded)
it into. The only consequence of then moving it somewhere else is that
if you've any shortcuts pointing at it, they'll break.

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Re: (no subject) [message #717125 is a reply to message #716790]

Fri, 19 August 2011 11:34

ya-ya-ya-ya-ya

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Registered: August 2011

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My plugins stopped working after I moved an installation.

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Re: (no subject) [message #717177 is a reply to message #717125]

Fri, 19 August 2011 14:18

Russell Bateman

Messages: 3798
Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

Senior Member

On 19-Aug-11 05:34, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya wrote:
> My plugins stopped working after I moved an installation.
>

This is not true of most plug-ins--including none that I use.

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