Eclipse takes a long time to initialize

Question

After selecting the workspace, does the eclipse take about 10 minutes to initialize? What could be the problem?

Answer 1

except eclipse.ini

try it

Preferences -> General -> Startup and Shutdown -> Deselect all plugins (if you have ADT, leave it) 

also:

 Preferences -> Maven -> Uncheck "Download repository index updates on startup" 

Answer 2

Eclipse should not take so long to initialize if you do not have many plugins installed (especially buggies). Do you get a slowdown after the workbench is already shown? It could mean a plugin.

You might want to check with Eclipse how much maximum heap is allocated. Eclipse traditionally comes with a very low default for modern machines. If you are on Windows, look at eclipse.ini in the Eclipse directory and change the -Xmx parameter to something meaningful (e.g. 2048M)

Answer 3

Try:

• this eclipse.ini
• launch eclipse with the -clean

Such a long start time is usually a sign of some kind of timeout, because the resource (path, Internet address?) Does not respond.

Answer 4

I had the same problem and decided to install it by installing the socks proxy server with the same settings as my http proxy in Window> Preferences> General> Network Settings. The time of my eclipse went from 10 minutes to 20 seconds.

Answer 5

Check the size of the work area. If its more than 500 MB, then this is a problem. Maximize the file and try deleting or moving it. I had a similar problem and it turned out that there is one 1 GB movie file, and this causes the eclipse to slow down the initialization.

Answer 6

If your workspace has many open work sets, depending on your settings, Eclipse can create all of them at startup.

If so, you can:

• Deselect unused work sets:

  • in the Project Explorer, click on the drop-down triangle
  • in the drop-down list, Select Working Set
  • in the panel that appears, deselect those that you do not need.

• If you do not want to deselect working sets, you can close projects that you do not need all the time:

  • in Project Explorer, right-click the project and click Close Project
  • OR, right-click on the project and click Close Unrelated Projects (this will significantly reduce startup time )