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This how-to describes how to fix the windowspasswordprovider exception
 
This how-to describes how to fix the windowspasswordprovider exception
 
= Problem description  =
 
 
If the following exception is shown when starting the client, you need to add an additional dependency to the corresponding UI product (Swing and/or SWT):
 
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''!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.net 4 0 2012-11-29 13:20:12.795 !MESSAGE Unable to locate secure storage module (org.eclipse.equinox.security.windowspasswordprovider).<br>!STACK 0 org.eclipse.equinox.security.storage.StorageException: Unable to locate secure storage module (org.eclipse.equinox.security.windowspasswordprovider).''
 
 
''at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.security.storage.PasswordProviderSelector.findStorageModule(PasswordProviderSelector.java:190)<br>[snip]''
 
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= Steps  =
 
= Steps  =

Revision as of 03:44, 15 May 2014

This how-to describes how to fix the windowspasswordprovider exception

Steps

  1. Go to the Swing or SWT UI project and open the product file
  2. Go to the "Dependencies" tab
  3. Click on "Add"
  4. Search for "org.eclipse.equinox.security.win32.x86"
  5. Click on OK and Save the file
    PasswordProviderExceptionPlugin.png
  6. Go to the "Overview" tab
  7. Click on Synchronise
  8. Launch the application from the product file
    PasswordProviderExceptionProduct.png

Launching the client now should no longer throw the exception.

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