Project: aptanastudio
Issue APSTUD-23: Aptana tries to open a new instance of itself when opening files via Windows Explorer
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Assigned to Tender issue #49. As reported in Tender:

OS: Win XP

When Aptana is running and I try to open files from my Windows Explorer (with double click or enter) Aptana displays "Workspace in use or cannot be created, choose a different one" after showing the splash screen for 2-3 seconds.

Dragging files into my running instance won't cause this behavior. Opening files from my Project view causes no problems, except .htaccess files. As a temp solution I chose to open .htaccess files with Notepad.

This is what I already did (with no luck);

My installation folder and workspace folder are both writable.

I did several complete re-installs.

I removed the .lock file in my workspace folder.

I created a new workspace folders and switched to it.

I have administrator rights.

Creating a new workspace will fix my problem temporary but the problem is back within a week.

In Aptana 1.2 I never saw a splash screen when Aptana was running and I opened another file. The files were just loaded in the running instance. Is this caused by Eclipse 3.5?

This is quite annoying cause every time the splash screen shows it either takes up 3 seconds of the file won't open due to the locked workspace.

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Story points: 8