Aptana freezes regularly in Windows 7

Question

It seems that since the update of Aptana 3.4 (3.4.0.201304151603), that it regularly hangs up and issues "Not responding".

It does not freeze immediately, usually after editing and saving for several minutes. It usually seems to freeze when editing code, usually PHP.

My log file reported problems with the Subversion plugin, but since then I have completely uninstalled it and still run into the same problems.

My OS is a 32-bit version of Windows 7.

Any suggestions on how to fix such problems in Aptana would be greatly appreciated, as this makes it pretty useless: (.

Answer 1

Deleting the log file seems to work for me. Its complete useless material for the average user anyway and when it gets too big - boom: doesn't respond.

Try deleting the log file (/►yourworkspaceapter/.metadata/.log), (C: \ Users [your username] \ AppData \ Local \ Temp) and run aptana as administrator (you can do this by default by editing properties of the taskbar icon / start menu icon for Aptana)

Perhaps a new version will be released with a fix for this OR to completely disable logging. Its log file is causing this problem.

Answer 2

Do you use git repository? Mine also freezes, but when I rename the .git directory to another, the freeze stops. I'm on Aptana Studio 3, build: 3.4.0.201304151603. This is very annoying because I use git. I have not been able to pinpoint what git integration is causing this.

Answer 3

So I had the same problem with Aptana Studio 3. I followed this set of instructions found here: http://youtu.be/RYobTLq_hms?list=UUtL_0WLPWmHZE_HcX48F96w

Or here are the instructions if you do not want the video to watch ...

• Go to www.JAVA.com/download/ and download the latest Java runtime

• Open C: \ Users ... \ AppData \ Local \ Aptana Studio 3 \ AptanaStudio3.ini with anything but a notebook (Open with WordPad or Notepad ++)

• BEFORE the line -vmargs add:

  -vm C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Java \ jre7 \ bin \ javaw.exe

... then SAVE AND CLOSE

4. Finally open Aptana Studio 3. Now your problem should be resolved, and Aptana should point to the latest version of JAVA.

I hope this fix helps you the same way it helped me!

Answer 4

Deleting the log file did not work for me, but when viewing the log file he talked about

In a previous session, the workspace exited with unsaved changes; An updated workspace for restoring changes.

So, I deleted the workspace file (/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/workbench.xml), which simply stores the files that were opened when the application was closed, and the problem was solved (with seemingly no unexpected side effects)

Answer 5

I still have this problem. It seems to hang most often at startup. Win 7 64bit. Once I deleted the .metadata folder and then recreated the empty file in which it worked. but it no longer works. Once I rebooted the system and it worked. A fix that works 1 time is not the following.

Answer 6

Adding lines:

-vm C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\*javaversion*\bin\ 

to the .ini file:

 C:\Users\*youruser*\AppData\Roaming\Appcelerator\Aptana Studio\AptanaStudio3.ini 

solved the freezing problem for me.