When I first start my eclipse after Windows 8 install, I got error:
Locking is not possible in the directory “\Eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi”.
A common reason is that the file system or Runtime Environment does not support file locking for that location.
Please choose a different location, or disable file locking passing “-Dosgi.locking=none” as a VM argument.\Eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\.manager\.fileTableLock
Eclipse issue on file locking
If you search on Google, it might lead you to this post but I can’t solve the issue as soon as I get into the post but I would understand the issue because of permission on the locking file “.fileTableLock” so I apply my correction on change permission setting on the file:
- Go to directory: \Eclipse-JEE-Indigo\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\.manager
- Right click on file: .fileTableLock > Properties
- On Security Tab, Edit (permission)
- Assign Permission on group: Users for full control on this file
- Click OK and start the eclipse again.
- It’s working now.
Permission for Users group
Does it work for you?