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Wed, 18 July 2007 16:12

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: kaminwong.gmail.com

Hi,

I downloaded the basic version of eclipse a while ago then I deleted it.
I've been using dreamweaver for php but I want to check the PDT out. This
time I downloaded the full version of eclipse/PDT but it doesn't appear in
perspective/configuration. I installed it using another computer and it
works fine. So I guess it would be the cached information problem. And I
found the solution as the following:

Common Problems
Some problems are due to cached information within Eclipse. Eclipse caches
information about plugins for faster startup. Adding PDT runtime package
may result in stale cached information. Symptoms of this problem include:
* The PDT perspective does not appear in Eclipse
* You receive "An error occurred" dialogs when opening PHP Views or
the PHP Editor
The solution is to clean up the cached information. The recommended
practice is to start Eclipse with the eclipse -clean

However, I have no idea what "start Eclipse with the eclipse -clean"
means. I'm using windows xp. It seems to be a very easy problem but I've
been sitting for 3 hours with no progress. I really appreciate if someone
can help me out. Thanks.

Re: PDT does not appear [message #37096 is a reply to message #37062]

Wed, 18 July 2007 16:50

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: martin.nowack.gmail.com

wiku wrote:
> However, I have no idea what "start Eclipse with the eclipse -clean"
> means. I'm using windows xp. It seems to be a very easy problem but I've
> been sitting for 3 hours with no progress. I really appreciate if someone
> can help me out. Thanks.
Hi

just go to "Start" -> "Execute" enter "cmd" and now a window named cmd.exe
opens.
I don't know if you ever worked with DOS, but go to the directory where
eclipse is installed, for example with

cd c:\mydirectory\where\eclipse\is\installed

After that just enter

eclipse -clean

Re: PDT does not appear [message #37164 is a reply to message #37062]

Thu, 19 July 2007 02:46

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nobody.spamcop.net

wiku (kaminwong@gmail.com) wrote in
news:50abfb5778b40c35edcc93d5c14ff8ad$1@www.eclipse.org:

> However, I have no idea what "start Eclipse with the eclipse -clean"
> means. I'm using windows xp.

Another way to do this:
- make a copy of the shortcut you're using to start Eclipse, and rename
it to something like "Eclipse clean"
- go to the properties of this shortcut (right-click and choose
properties or any of the other methods)
- in the Target field, add " -clean" (without the quotes) after the path
to the executable (probably within quotes - add the -clean after the
quoted string)
- close the properties dialog

You can now use this shortcut to do a "clean" start.

You can also use this method to add other command-line parameters, such
as " -vm path-to-your-java-vm" to specify a specific VM if you have
multiple ones installed.

--
Marjolein Katsma
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