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Dan Steeby
Dan Steeby

Reputation: 49

Aptana crashes on windows 7 until .metadata folder is deleted

I have used Eclipse and Apatana for years on Linux, but have recently switched to Windows 7 in order to be compatible with my business partners. I have installed the 'Aptana Studio 3.4.0 Microsoft Windows, x86' standalone version of Aptana, and after install it runs great until I close it. When I try to re-open it, it hangs ('not responding' message) and I have not found any way to resolve the issue other than deleting the .metadata directory in my aptana workspace, which of course deletes all my project references, deployment settings, and any other tweaks I've made to the app, and setting this back up every time I restart the app is a waste of my time. Can anyone identify the problem? I have a pastebin of my log at:

http://pastebin.com/2J0AWTNR

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1457

Answers (5)

Menno Bieringa
Menno Bieringa

Reputation: 1275

I wouldn't call the following a fix, but it helped me so here it goes:

My Aptana didn't start. It would just hang and when you click anywhere in the blank screen Windows would say the program isn't responding...

This is what "fixed" it for me:

  1. Navigate to: C:\Users\YOURNAME\Aptana Studio 3 Workspace\
  2. Create a new dir and move the ".metadata" dir into it.
  3. Start Aptana

Aptana will run now, but all your projects will be gone.

  1. Remove the new ".metadata" directory that Aptana just created at startup.
  2. Move the ".metadata" folder out of the one you just created, back to its original location.
  3. Now run Aptana again.

This fixed my problem.

Upvotes: 0

whitt682
whitt682

Reputation: 1

I used this fix at first and then ran into more problems after a while. The sidebars and other objects in the program were not working and as a result the program just stopped responding. I have finally found a fix here http://youtu.be/RYobTLq_hms?list=UUtL_0WLPWmHZE_HcX48F96w and I hope that this helps for all! We can finally get back to work!

Upvotes: 0

hobailey
hobailey

Reputation: 861

Have had the same problem and I've reinstalled which makes no difference. So I deleted the .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects folder and it fixed it and with no settings/data etc loss amazingly :-)

Upvotes: 0

ted.strauss
ted.strauss

Reputation: 4339

Delete (if it exists), then add an empty .metadata folder inside your project directory.

I had the same problem on Windows 7, Aptana hanging for eternity on startup. Following posts like this one I looked for the .metadata folder inside the project directory but didn't see any there. I tried creating an empty .metadata folder in the project directory, and Aptana started up.

Upvotes: 0

RafiK
RafiK

Reputation: 300

instead of deleting the whole .metadata, you can try to delete the .markers file for any open project:

in this folder:

...\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.projects\[myProject]

Upvotes: 4

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