ide - Move default config folder of eclipse

Question

When Eclipse first start, it creates some config files and folders on my hard drive (contains information about work-space ...etc...). I don't like the position it creates config files because config files are all put in my C:UsersLong folder and that's ugly. I want to put all those config files somewhere else (C:Eclipse for example). This happens in Linux too.

Do you know how to put those files in somewhere else?

Answer 1

Just add the following to your eclipse.ini file (found at the root eclipse installation folder):

-Dosgi.configuration.area=file:/C:/Workspace/.eclipse