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Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1779582] Tue, 09 January 2018 16:49 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
I've found that if I have a bunch of files open in Eclipse, and I manually close the tab for many of those files, and then restart Eclipse, it will just go ahead and reopen all of those files again.

This includes files of several types, including java, decompiled class files, stashed git commits, pom files, and others.

It's been doing this for a very long time. I believe I've asked about this in the past, but I've never gotten a useful answer.
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1779637 is a reply to message #1779582] Wed, 10 January 2018 10:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
That's definitely not normal behavior. Have you tried creating a new workspace from scratch to see if it behaves the same way?
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1779661 is a reply to message #1779582] Wed, 10 January 2018 18:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
I'm saying i've been seeing this for years. I've created many workspaces over this time and seen the same symptom in every release and workspace.
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1779934 is a reply to message #1779661] Mon, 15 January 2018 16:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
i have the same problem
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1779935 is a reply to message #1779582] Mon, 15 January 2018 16:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
How are you using Eclipse? Is more than one window involved? Is anything else installed that opens and closes editors for you automatically?
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1779939 is a reply to message #1779935] Mon, 15 January 2018 17:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
I never use more than one main window. I never use any sort of external tool to open editor windows.
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1780051 is a reply to message #1779939] Tue, 16 January 2018 16:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
It appears this is being done by Mylyn. I've filed the following bug report: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=529753 .
Re: Why does Eclipse reopen closed files on restart? [message #1780109 is a reply to message #1780051] Wed, 17 January 2018 08:27 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
What a great piece of troubleshooting; that's one of the best bug reports I've seen from a user in a long time. You're an excellent open source community citizen, David!
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