title: Why Eclipse is too slow on startup?
body: <p>I am using windows 7 home premium with service pack 1 installed. I had installed JDK 1.7u21. Then I downloaded Eclipse Juno (Before that I was using Eclipse Indigo with JDK 1.6u26) and when I started it, I found out that it is taking too much time to start. It is pausing on the splash screen for more than 10 minutes, and then only asks for the workspace selection. </p>
  
  <p>Then I removed Juno and installed Indigo again, also uninstalled JDK 1.7 and installed JDK 1.6u45, but now also the problem persists. When I searched, I have found that deleting files in the <code>workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources</code> will fix he problem. I have done that also, but no use.</p>
  
  <p>The below given is my 'eclipse.ini'</p>
  
  <pre><code>-startup
  plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar
  --launcher.library
  plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.100.v20110502
  -product
  org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
  --launcher.defaultAction
  openFile
  --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
  256M
  -showsplash
  org.eclipse.platform
  --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
  256m
  --launcher.defaultAction
  openFile
  -vmargs
  -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
  -Xms40m
  -Xmx512m
  </code></pre>