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Pete
Pete

Reputation: 514

Why does Eclipse store plugins in different folders and how to fix it?

I just found out that my Eclipse stores plug-ins, especially ones from companies in C:\Users\<name>\.eclipse\org.eclipse.platform_3.7.0_1709980481\plugins instead of the default Eclipse directory C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins.

I didn't specify that folder in any way and have no idea why Eclipse does that.

Does this affect the use of the plug-ins?

Can I change the default setting for this directory?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 185

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

Eclipse does this when it does not have write access to the install directory. Everything should still work OK.

Upvotes: 10

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