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Lately MyEclipse always starts up with an older project of mine opened up in the Package Explorer (as though I did “go into” for that project). Every time I start up, I have to back out to the top level in the Package Explorer in order to then go into the project I want to work on. Also even after I do that, the name of the older project remains in the title bar of the main window throughout my work session. Quitting and restarting after going into the correct project doesn’t help- it seems to be permanently stuck on that older project.
Other workspace settings, like which files are actually open in editors, are saved fine.
This is just a little niggling thing, but any suggestions about where to look to get it unstuck?
Try cleaning your workspace using the -clean command.
Also, refresh your project in the package explorer and do Project > Clean.
Let me know if that helped.
Sorry for the slow reply. Followed your advice (eclipse.exe -clean, also tried adding the -clean option to the .ini file, refreshed the project and the workspace, did Project > Clean).. nothing helped.
Any other suggestions? How does Eclipse decide what project to start up in?
I guess you have the “Link with editor” button pressed in the package explorer AND you have the old project focused when you start up, it’s possible that is what is causing it. Can you try linking another project and test.
Messing with the “Link with editor” button didn’t seem to help, but I finally have something that sticks, although not quite a solution. If I right-click on a different project, I can do “Open in new window”. That’s when the new window title gets the name of the right-clicked project. Then I close the parent window, so now the new window with the new project is the only one open. Then I close that window, which quits MyEclipse. Now when I start MyEclipse again, it’s the new project that’s open (or focused or “gone into” or however you call it), and that sticks. So, that must be what I did accidentally to cause this in the first place.
So that’s an improvement.. it still seems impossible to make it go back to starting up with -no- project focused/”gone into” though. Any thoughts?
Btw is this an Eclipse or MyEclipse issue?
Ok, all fixed. Pretty stupid of me. If you do Window -> New Window, you get a window that isn’t focused on any project. Then close the old, focused window. Then quit MyEclipse.
Im not sure why you are facing this problem. This could well be an Eclipse issue but I’m not sure. MyEclipse 6.0 GA is going to be released later today or by tomorrow latest. Can you download MyEclipse 6.0 GA and try working with the Package Explorer again to see if your issue gets resolved.
Sure, I will download 6.0 when it’s released. But my 11:17am post is a fix for the problem. It’s not exactly a bug, just a very counterintuitive feature to do with how projects are associated with new windows.
Thanks,
Dan
