Starting Eclipse w/ Specific Workspace
Is there a way to start an instance of eclipse, passing it some sort of parameter telling it to use a specific workspace?
The problem I'm trying to solve is that I have a workspace for work projects and one for personal projects. I'd like to be able to tie these to workspaces to separate shortcuts that I could launch independently.
Solution 1:
From http://help.eclipse.org/help21/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm:
Use the following command-line argument:
-data your_workspace_location
For example,
-data c:\users\robert\myworkspace
you can also use UNIX-style relative path names such as
-data ../workspace
even under Windows, in case something doesnt like colons or backslashes in parameters, like Jumplist Launcher
Solution 2:
With the -data switch
Setting a specific location for the workspace with -data
To use the -data command line argument, simply add -data your_workspace_location (for example, -data c:\users\robert\myworkspace) to the Target field in the shortcut properties, or include it explicitly on your command line.
From: http://help.eclipse.org/help21/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm
Solution 3:
We set the default workspace for students at a high school by modifying the shortcut properties. In this case, we operate a Windows 7 environment. The default workspace is on a student's network share mapped as the H: drive so we added -data h:\workspace. The screenshot shows exactly where.
Solution 4:
note that you can use UNIX-style relative path names such as
-data ../workspace
even under Windows, in case something doesn't like colons or backslashes in parameters, like Jumplist Launcher
Solution 5:
Old question, I know, but just wanted to point out that you may need to add quotes around the target workspace path. For example; I tried C:\Eclipse\eclipse.exe -data E:\Eclipse Projects2 and it would open a blank, default, workspace while doing C:\Eclipse\eclipse.exe -data "E:\Eclipse Projects2" allowed it to use the existing workspace. I'm guessing this varies based on OS and/or Eclipse version, but I'm not sure exactly what factors into this, so just try both ways until you get one to load the correct/existing workspace.