[Jon Nermut]

In 3.8GA

1. Go to window->preferences->myeclipse->validation and uncheck all the check boxes.
2. Click OK
3. Go to the pref page and confirm that check boxes are unchecked
3. Close Eclipse
4. Open Eclipse
5. Go to the same page and the default preferences (checkboxes checked) are back again

It seems that the preferences are not being persisted to disk. I can confirm that there is no relevant settings file being written to workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings
where it should be.

[Riyad Kalla]

Thank you for the detailed bug report, I was able to reproduce this very quickly. I will file this right now with a P1.

[Scott Anderson]

A workaround is available in this thread:
https://www.genuitec.com/forums/topic/validation-preferences-not-persisting-upon-eclipse-shutdown/#post-213180

[Jon Nermut]

I see that this has been fixed in quick fix 2 – thank you.

Can I ask though, where are the settings being stored? They don’t seem to be the default workspace/……/.settings directory.
I need to know because I maintain a standard installation of eclipse + myeclipse for my company. Everything is copied except for the workspace. For settings that live in the workspace that I need to override, I copy the exact settings file. I really want to override the default validation settings because it absolutely sucks loading up eclipse with a huge workspace and waiting for it to grind through validating hundreds of JSPs and XML files.

Cheers,

Jon

[Scott Anderson]

Jon,

The validation settings are stored as a persistent property on the workspace root. These properties are maintained by Eclipse in a binary file at:
<workspace>/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.root/.properties

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