Error when updating or installing plug-ins

[deb]

Dear Berny,

I am having problems multiple PCs to update Eclipse Portable (4.14 to
4.15) or install / update plug-ins (using 4.14 and 4.15).
It fails in almost all  cases with 'An error occurred while collecting
items to be installed'.

Digging deeper I saw that it all came down to a file exception in the
error log:

java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified
at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:2024)

Eventually I found that  the directory specified in 'java.io.tmpdir'
(c:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\EclipsePortableTemp) does not exist.
Once I manually created the path everything worked as expected.

However, I sometimes see directory being created at start-up and all the
updates work as expected.

I was wondering if anyone else is seeing the same issues? If so, a quick
work-around would be to add 'mkdir %temp%\EclipsePortableTemp' to the
start-up script.

Cheers,
 Deb

[Berny23]

Hi deb,
I think I just fixed it by changing the temp folder to "/Data/tmp". As long as the folder exists this should be working.
I also checked all paths Eclipse is accessing during a plugin installation by using the Sysinternals Process Monitor. I'll test and upload the changes soon.