Run Eclipse/STS on Windows WSL

Problem In some companies, App Defender/AppLocker makes the entire Windows OS practically unusable. EXEs are blocked, and the virus scan slows any build to a crawl. Nevertheless, we still need to work, and WSL is often the only feasible solution. But how can we start, for example, Eclipse or any other application in WSL that…

IDE: Eclipse & VSCode

IDE & Plugins & Tools Tools Tools for Linux / MAC Tools for Windows Database Tools Java Test Libs Visual Studio Code & Windows Install PowerShell 7.x.x Check the current version $PSVersionTable.PSVersion This requires admin permissions on the windows system. Configure PowerShell 7 as CMD default Open the windows shell, select in the menu the…

Eclipse on a hight resolution screen

Problem Nowadays we have a screen with a resolution of 2560×1440 or 3440×1440 4K. The problem with Eclipse is, that all the icons and buttons stay very tiny and are hard to interact with. Solution The easiest solution is to adjust the eclipse.ini or STS.ini with the following parameters at the end: Fixed 200% scale…