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I'm using a Ubuntu 12.04 VM with eclipse JUNO installed and it stoped working. I restarted the VM and tried to restart eclipse, but it stops working on the initialization.

After doing a search, I found this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/12045547 telling me to remove workbench.xmi file. The problem is that I have no idea how can I find it, and guys who setup this VM are on other continent, so I didn't want to wait 5h until they go to work to help me.. Could you please guide me to find it please?

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  • Starting Eclipse with the '-clearPersistedState' option is a more controlled way of deleting the workbench.xmi file.
    – greg-449
    Apr 2, 2015 at 15:39

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The file is in your home folder, eg.:

~/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi

You can search it with this command.

find ~/workspace -type f -name "workbench.xmi"

I'm using ~/workspace, because that is the default path.

Alternatively, you can also use this command, but it takes a while.

find ~ -type f -name "workbench.xmi"
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  • when I run ~/workspace -name "workbench.xmi" it just says :" Workspace is a diretory Apr 2, 2015 at 9:12
  • run find ~/workspace -name "workbench.xmi", as I wrote it.
    – A.B.
    Apr 2, 2015 at 9:13
  • if I go to the workspace folder via UI, isn't there any way I could see this workbench.xmi file visually and remove it from the folder (without deleting it, just for testing purposes?) Apr 2, 2015 at 9:14
  • ok, so when I run it, nothing happens.. no return messages.. what should I expect as a result? folder being opened? something on the terminal? Apr 2, 2015 at 9:17
  • Is there the folder "workspace"?
    – A.B.
    Apr 2, 2015 at 9:19

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