From the Eclipse download site one can download the installer
File: eclipse-inst-win64.exe
or download ZIP files.
My question is, on Windows systems, does the installer make any entries in Registry?
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No. It does not modify the registry. – Elliott Frisch Apr 07 '19 at 03:26
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All other answers are wrong. It does create new entries in the registry. See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50855742 – Olivier Masseau Oct 21 '22 at 08:59
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Eclipse does not use the Windows registry. It uses different approaches (mechanisms) to persist configuration related information.
You can use command line options to gain some level of control when you are unhappy about the defaults that eclipse is using. See http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm for example. Doing so can be helpful when installing different versions of eclipse on the same machine.
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Can the installer be used to keep multiple versions of Eclipse on the same machine? – user2125853 Apr 07 '19 at 06:10
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Sorry but this is wrong. Search "eclipse" in the windows registry and you will find entries that were created by the installer. Ex : Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\eclipse+installer – Olivier Masseau Oct 21 '22 at 08:57
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I think we are both right ... the question asked about the installer, I was talking about eclipse itself ;-) ... but then: having the installer write to the registry itself doesn't change that eclipse itself puts his configuration into files in specific folders. Or at least did that 3 years ago. – GhostCat Oct 21 '22 at 13:13
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no, eclipse does not changes registry in windows.
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3Thanks for contributing. Unfortunately, your Answer does not say anything that has not already been said (with more detail ... and references) by the earlier question. Answers like this don't help anyone, and are discouraged. – Stephen C Apr 07 '19 at 04:01