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Monday, May 18, 2009

Eclipse says "Workspace in use or cannot be created"

Out of the blue, Eclipse is saying that the "Workspace in use or cannot be created". I say ok, probably a lock file was left behind and so I do:
rm ~/workspace/.metadata/.lock

No error (so the file was left behind), yet the problem is not solved. I tried clearing out the workspace path. Same problem.
Googleing, I found this post, so I ran:
sudo gedit /usr/share/eclipse/configuration/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs
removed the RECENT_WORKSPACES line. It works now.
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8 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 26, 2010 at 10:53 AM

    Lifesaver, thanks.

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  2. SanjNovember 18, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Thanks. Even going to task manager and killing javaw.exe (my case being Windows, but same would work on Unix as well with ps -fu and kill I guess)

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  3. jimmyNovember 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    this an't working for me
    tried everything ...but didn't undstand wots Sanj suggested

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  4. abautuNovember 29, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    I don't think Sanj suggestion fixes the original problem. He basically suggests to kill+restart eclipse. That did not work for me. However, my solution might not work for you either in case you have a different problem.

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  5. entitycsJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:44 PM

    Good advice. If this isn't working for you though, it could be that a change occurred involving directory permissions.

    try:
    sudo eclipse

    If the workspace opens, your permissions have changed. Close eclipse.
    try:
    chown yourUserName /your/workSpace/path

    Open eclipse. You may need to browse to your workspace path again.

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  6. DineshFebruary 7, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    Thanks Sanj for the solution. It worked for me. Killing Eclipse and Javaw.exe from Task Manager.

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  7. UnknownFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM

    I tried from the installation folder: /opt/eclipse (something like this)
    Use command: sudo ./eclipse

    As a root you can choose the workspace under Apache.

    May work or may not. Worked for me though.

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  8. Jake PetersonJune 25, 2012 at 4:48 PM

    Thank you!!

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