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After installing/updating the plugin on a multi-user install of Eclipse, I cannot see any of the plugins toolbar icons. Whats going on?

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After installing/updating the plugin on a multi-user install of Eclipse, I cannot see any of the plugins toolbar icons. Whats going on?

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Multi-user installs of Eclipse are those where the adminstrator of the machine has performed the installation of Eclipse, and non-administrators (users) run Eclipse. Unfortunately, Eclipse 3.5 and 3.6 suffer from problems whenever a user upgrades a plugin that exists as part of the base installation; the upgraded plugin is not recognized, which means that any plugins that depend on the upgraded component will not work. When installing GPE as a user, it may cause Eclipse to try and install updates for already-installed plugins at the same time, which leads to GPE not working after the install process. There are two ways to avoid this problem: • Each user should have their own install of Eclipse • The administrator should be the only one who installs or upgrades plugins If you have already installed/upgraded GPE and are stuck in a broken state, the easiest way to get back to a working state is to remove your /.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_ directory, and perform

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