I've recently installed the standalone/plug-in drop of MyEclipse 5.1 GA on my Windows XP SP2 machine.

When I attempt to run the application from the Windows program shortcut, a dialog box appears immediately telling me that "an error has occurred, check the .log file for more information".

Here is the content of the "target" edit box of the shortcut properties dialog.

Code:

C:\JavaApps\eclipse-SDK-3.2.1-win32\eclipse\eclipse.exe -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide -vmargs -Duser.language=en -Xms128M -Xmx512M -XX:PermSize=64M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M  -Dosgi.splashLocation="C:\JavaApps\MyEclipse-5.1.0-GA\eclipse\MyEclipseSpla

Note that I did not truncate the string; I copied it in its entirety from the target edit box.

Here are the first few dozen lines of the .log file.

Code:

!SESSION 2006-12-22 18:46:04.453 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=M20060921-0945 java.version=1.5.0_08 java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc. BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_CA Framework arguments:  -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 -product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.runtime 2006-12-22 18:46:09.312 !MESSAGE Product com.genuitec.myeclipse.product.ide could not be found. !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2006-12-22 18:46:09.359 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found.    at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:56)    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92)    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68)    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:400)    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:177)    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:336)    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:280)    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977)    at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952) !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2006-12-22 18:46:09.484 !MESSAGE One or more bundles are not resolved because the following root constraints are not resolved: !SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.osgi 2 0 2006-12-22 18:46:09.484 !MESSAGE Bundle update@../../MyEclipse-5.1.0-GA/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.jem.ui_1.2.1.v20060918_M.jar was not resolved. !SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.jem.ui 2 0 2006-12-22 18:46:09.484 !MESSAGE Missing required bundle org.eclipse.jdt.launching_[3.2.0,4.0.0). !SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.jem.ui 2 0 2006-12-22 18:46:09.484 !MESSAGE Missing required bundle org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui_[3.2.0,4.0.0). !SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.jem.ui 2 0 2006-12-22 18:46:09.484 !MESSAGE Missing required bundle org.eclipse.jdt.core_[3.2.0,4.0.0).

If I had to guess, I'd say the target of the shortcut is incomplete. What do I have to do to fix it? Can I get away with omitting the "splash" image option (if someone can give me the rest of what the target should be)?

Can you try restarting eclipse once with the "-clean" argument?

I tried that, and no joy.

Just out of curiosity, I tried de-installing and re-installing MyEclipse (same locations and procedure as before), and (drum roll) it worked. There was no strangeness during the first attempt to install it, and I have made no changes to my machine (no reboots, no add/remove programs, no anything). I'm a big fan of deterministic behaviour, but I'm at a loss to explain why it is working now, but wasn't before.

Anyway, thanks for the quick reply.

Regards...