Eclipse Icon Problem in Windows 7 taskbar

Update on 2013-08-05 on Eclipse Kepler(4.3)

This method wokrs for me:
1. Change eclipse.ini file, to make the -vm setting pointing to bin folder instead of javaw.exe file. For example, modify
-vm
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/javaw.exe
to
-vm
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/

2. Right click eclipse.exe icon, view Properties than Compatibility,
   Enable compatibility mode with "Windows Vista" or "Windows Vista SP1" or "Windows Vista SP2"

3. Click eclipse icon to run it, when the progress bar is running and before it ends, pin the icon to the task bar.

Now it's happy there.



I have the latest Eclipse installed: Juno
I am using Windows 7 64bit sytem, and after I launch eclipse, in the task barI can only a "Java" Icon: Java SE platform something. After search, I found a solution and it works for me:


1. Add the following at the top of your eclipse.ini file (adjust the path):
   -vm
   C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin

2. Right click on eclipse.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility,
   Enable compatibility mode with "Windows XP Service Pack 3" or "Windows Vista".

3. Run Eclipse.

4. Wait until the workspace is loaded.

5. Pin to the taskbar.

6. Close Eclipse.

7. Removed compatibility settings from eclipse.exe.

8. Run Eclipse.

9. Unpin from taskbar and pin again.

Visual Studio: Automatically Highlight Active File

There is one very nice feature in Visual Studio 2010 but is not enabled by default, which is that when you are working on a file in the main window, it's automatically highlighted in solution manager.
To enable it,

1. Go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->General
2. Check the "Track Active Item In Solution Explorer" checkbox.​

If you find this article useful, please kindly click the ads on this page to help. Thank you.